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| Title | Three-dollar bill of credit, 1776 |
| Creator | North Carolina. Provincial Congress (Halifax, N.C.) |
| Date | April 2, 1776 |
| Description | Three-dollar bill of credit issued in 1776 and printed from plate likely engraved by Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Historical Notes | In colonial America, beekeeping was a widespread practice that provided families and communities with convenient supplies of honey. The beehive on this currency appears to be a skep, a type of hive traditionally made in northern and western Europe and constructed of woven coils of grass or straw. |
| Subject Name |
Lewyn, Gabriel. |
| Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| Subject Geographic |
North Carolina Maryland |
| 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 | CK926.27 |
| Citation | Three-dollar bill of credit, 1776; CK926.27; 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 | Three-dollar bill of credit, 1776, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. Provincial Congress (Halifax, N.C.) |
| Date | April 2, 1776 |
| Description | Printed from engraved plate made by metalsmith Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland.; vignette of bee hive at lower left; four signatures: William Williams and J. Webb (very light) and David Sumner and William Haywood; "THREE DOLLARS" printed vertically on right border. |
| Transcription | THREE DOLLARS No. Carolina Currency. No. THREE DOLLARS By Authority of Congress at Halifax April 2d 1776 |
| Subject (tgm) |
Bees Beehives Printers' ornaments |
| Subject Geographic |
North Carolina Maryland |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 85 x 61 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 | CK926.27 |
| Creator Identifier | Serial Number 8286 |
| Citation | Three-dollar bill of credit, 1776; CK926.27; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK926_27_NC1776_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
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