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| Title | Three-pound bill of credit, 1760 |
| Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
| Date | July 14, 1760 |
| Description | Three-pound bill of credit issued at New Bern, North Carolina in 1760. |
| Historical Notes | One of this bill’s four signatories (bottom left) was Samuel Swann. Representing Onslow County in North Carolina’s colonial assembly, Swann also served as speaker of that body’s 1760 sessions. The assembly met on three occasions in 1760, once in New Bern and twice in Wilmington. |
| Subject Name |
Swann, Samuel, 1704-1774. |
| 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 | CK926.13 |
| Citation | Three-pound bill of credit, 1760; CK926.13; 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 | Three-pound bill of credit, 1760, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
| Date | July 14, 1760 |
| Description | One of 1,000 of this denomination authorized; printed from set type by James Davis, New Bern; signatures of Samuel Swann, Lewis de Rosset, John Starkey, and John Swann; "Death to counterfeit" printed vertically on right and left borders. |
| Transcription | 60 s. No. III. £ THIS BILL of Three POUNDS, shal[l] pass current in all Payments, as Proclamation Money, within the Province of North Carolina, according to Act of Assembly passed the 14th of July, 1760. III £. Death to counterfeit. 3 l. |
| Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
| Subject Name |
Davis, James, 1721-1785. Rosset, Lewis de, 1724-1786. Starkey, John, 1697?-1765. Swann, John, 1707-1761. Swann, Samuel, 1704-1774. |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 84 x 69 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 | CK926.13 |
| Creator Identifier | Serial Number 494 |
| Citation | Three-pound bill of credit, 1760; CK926.13; North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK926_13_NC1760_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | Colonial Era |
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