Five-pound debenture bill, 1768, face |
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| Title | Five-pound debenture bill, 1768 |
| Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
| Date | December 1768 |
| Description | Five-pound debenture bill issued in New Bern, North Carolina in 1768. |
| Historical Notes | Future governors James Hasell and Richard Caswell were two of the four official signers of North Carolina’s 1768 issue. Hasell would serve briefly in 1771, for only a month, as colonial governor. Five years later, Caswell—a native of Maryland—would be elected by fellow legislators to serve as the first state governor of North Carolina. |
| Subject Name |
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789. Hasell, James, d. 1785. |
| 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 | CK926.19 |
| Citation | Five-pound debenture bill, 1768; CK926.19; 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-pound debenture bill, 1768, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
| Date | December 1768 |
| Description | Printed from set type by James Davis, New Bern; signatures of James Hasell, Thomas C. Howe, Richard Caswell, and Lewis de Rosset; "Death to counterfeit" printed vertically on right and left borders. |
| Transcription | NORTH CAROLINA. [No.] [£V] FIVE POUNDS. THE Province of NORTH CAROLINA is in-debted to the Possessor hereof, Five Pounds, Proclamation Money ; to be paid out of the Public Treasury, on Demand, at any Time after the Tenth Day of June, 1772, according to ACT of ASSEMBLY, passed December 1768. (£.V.) Death to counterfeit. (5 l.) |
| Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
| Subject Name |
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789. Davis, James, 1721-1785. Rosset, Lewis de, 1724-1786. Hasell, James, d. 1785. Howe, Thomas C. |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 85 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 | CK926.19 |
| Creator Identifier | Serial Number 454 |
| Citation | Five-pound debenture bill, 1768; CK926.19; North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK926_19_NC1768_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | Colonial Era |
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