Twenty-shilling bill of credit, period counterfeit, 1785, face |
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| Title | Twenty-shilling bill of credit, period counterfeit, 1785 |
| Creator | North Carolina. Treasurer. |
| Date | December 29, 1785 |
| Description | Twenty-shilling bill of credit, period counterfeit, printed by Thomas Davis and issued in 1785. |
| Historical Notes | The heavily circulated condition of this ten-shilling bill, its reinforced stitching at the center, and the transaction signatures on a fragment of newspaper affixed to its back provide evidence that this piece of currency was used extensively before someone with the initials "WHH" detected that it was bogus and wrote "Counterfeit" on its face. The paper on the back lists a variety of popular, widely advertised eighteenth-century patent medicines, such as "Fraunce's female strengthening elixir" "Dr. Radcliffe's famous purging elixir" and "Dr. Stoughton's great stomach elixir." |
| Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 |
| 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 | CK56.1358 |
| Citation | Twenty-shilling bill of credit, period counterfeit, 1785; CK56.1358; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| Style/Period | Early Federal Period |
Description
| Title | Twenty-shilling bill of credit, period counterfeit, 1785, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. Treasurer. |
| Date | December 29, 1785 |
| Description | Wording worn off; "Counterfeit" and "WHH" handwritten sideways on lef portion of bill; vignette in lower left corner or a building with starins in front of it. |
| Transcription | No. CAROLI[NA CURRENCY] TWENTY [SHILLINGS One Pound. THIS bill of] TWENTY [SHILLINGS shall be a tender in all payments whatsoever, agreeable to act of assembly passed at Newbern, the 29th day of December, one thousand seven hundered and eigth five.] |
| Subject (tgm) |
Printers' ornaments Building Stairways |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Notes | Note is torn and stitched. |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 89 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 | CK56.1358 |
| Citation | Twenty-shilling bill of credit, period counterfeit, 1785; CK56.1358; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK_56_1358_NC1785_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | Early Federal Period |
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