Five-shilling debenture bill, 1771, face |
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Title | Five-shilling debenture bill, 1771 |
Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
Date | December 1771 |
Description | Five-shilling debenture bill issued in 1771. |
Historical Notes | The bottom-left signature on this bill is that of John Rutherfurd. A Scotsman by birth, Rutherfurd served in various administrative and military posts for three North Carolina royal governors. He fled North Carolina near the end of the Revolution because of his pro-British stance. Returning to Scotland, he died there in 1782. |
Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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 | CK926.21 |
Citation | Five-shilling debenture bill, 1771; CK926.21; North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Paper |
Style/Period | Colonial Era |
Description
Title | Five-shilling debenture bill, 1771, face |
Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
Date | December 1771 |
Description | Printed from engraved plate; circular vignette at lower left of books and quill pens; signatures of Richard Caswell, Lewis de Rosset, John Rutherford, and John Harvey at lower right. |
Transcription | 5S. FIVE SHILLINGS. No. The Province of NORTH CAROLINA is indebted to the Possessor hereof Five Shillings Proc. Money to be paid out of the Public Treasury according to Act of Assembly passed Dec. br 1771 |
Subject (tgm) |
Inkstands Pens Books |
Subject Name |
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789. Rosset, Lewis de, 1724-1786. Harvey, John, 1725?-1775. Rutherfurd, John. |
Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
DCMI Type | Image |
Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
Form General | Money |
Physical Description | 84 x 51 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 | CK926.21 |
Creator Identifier | Serial Number 9827 |
Citation | Five-shilling debenture bill, 1771; CK926.21; North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
filename | CK926_21_NC1771_face.tif |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Paper |
path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
Style/Period | Colonial Era |
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