Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1780, face |
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| Title | Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1780 |
| Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (New Bern, N.C.) |
| Date | May 10, 1780 |
| Description | Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit printed by James Davis in New Bern and issued in 1780 at New Bern. |
| Historical Notes | Printing currency during the Revolution proved to be especially difficult for North Carolina, which was generally viewed by other states as having a poor economy and a highly unstable monetary structure. With few assets in hand to secure loans and lacking specie (coins), North Carolina's government had no real ability to honor its promise to pay the "Bearer" of this bill its face value in either "Spanish milled dollars" or in other forms of silver and gold. |
| Subject Name |
Davis, James, 1721-1785. |
| Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Collection in Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection |
| Digital Collection | North Carolina Currency |
| Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Local Identifier | CK708.5 |
| Citation | Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1780; CK708.5; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
Description
| Title | Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1780, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (New Bern, N.C.) |
| Date | May 10, 1780 |
| Description | Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit; two signatures on lower right corner [J.W. Caron and James Coore]; "Death to Counterfeit" printed vertically on left border; "250 DOLLARS." printed vertically on right border; "Quaerenda pecunia primum est." (Money is the first thing to be sought) printed in box on lower left corner. |
| Transcription | NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY. Two Hundred and Fifty DOLLARS. No. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS Bill intitles the Bearer to receive two hundred & fifty Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed at NEWBERN the 10th Day of May, 1780. Quaerenda pecunia primum est. |
| Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
| Subject Name |
Caron, J. W. Coore, James. |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 87 x 66 mm |
| Collection in Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection |
| Digital Collection | North Carolina Currency |
| Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Local Identifier | CK708.5 |
| Creator Identifier | Serial Number 6756 |
| Citation | Two-hundred-fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1780; CK708.5; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK708_5_NC1780_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
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