Eight-pence bill of credit, 1760, face |
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Title | Eight-pence bill of credit, 1760 |
Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
Date | July 14, 1760 |
Description | Eight-pence bill of credit issued at New Bern, North Carolina in 1760. |
Historical Notes | In the 1700s, people often pinned together damaged bills, reinforced them with backing paper, or repaired heavily circulated paper money with needle and thread. This bill of credit is held together with a colonial-era straight pin. |
Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1812 |
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 | CK56.1351 |
Citation | Eight-pence bill of credit, 1760; CK56.1351; 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 | Eight-pence bill of credit, 1760, face |
Creator | North Carolina. Colonial Assembly. |
Date | July 14, 1760 |
Description | "Death to counterfeit" printed vertically on right and left borders. Signatures faded |
Transcription | 8d. THIS EIGHT PENCE, shall pass [current in] all Payments as Pro-clamation M[oney] within the Province of NORTH CA[ROLINA] according to ACT of ASSEM[BLY] passed the 14th of July, 1760. VII. D[eath] to counterfeit. |
Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
DCMI Type | Image |
Notes | Torn in half |
Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
Form General | Money |
Physical Description | 65 x 63 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 | CK56.1351 |
Creator Identifier | Serial Number [Undetermined] |
Citation | Eight-pence bill of credit, 1760; CK56.1351; North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
filename | CK56_1351_NC1760_face.tif |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Paper |
path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
Style/Period | Colonial Era |
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