Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778, face |
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Title | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778, face |
Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) |
Date | August 8, 1778 |
Description | One of nearly 50,000 of this authorized denomination, printed from set type by James Davis of New Bern, N.C.; several signatures on lower right, including that of M[artin]Caswell; "DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT" printed vertically on left border; "T-e-n D-o-l-l-a-r-s." printed vertically on right border |
Transcription | North Carolina Currency. TEN DOLLARS. No. State of North Carolina. THIS BILL intitles the Bearer to receive TEN Spanish mill'd DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed at Hillsborough the 8th Day of August, 1778. Independence |
Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
Subject Name |
Caswell, Martin, 1733-1789. |
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 | CK926.38 |
Creator Identifier | Serial Number [??88] |
Citation | North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
filename | CK926_38_NC1778_face.tif |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Paper |
path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
Style/Period | American Revolution |
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