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  • Twenty-shilling bill of credit, 1760
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  • Twenty shilling bill of credit issued at New Bern, North Carolina in 1760.
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  • Three-pound bill of credit, 1748
  • Building; Flag; Cannons; Barrels; Forts & Fortifications; Military facilities;
  • Three pound bill of credit; vignette at bottom left is fort with blockhouse, flag, cannon, barrel; signatures in lower right corner mostly faded.
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  • Four-pence bill of credit, 1754
  • Animals; Cats; Pumas; Pineapples; Printers' ornaments
  • Bill printed from engraved copper plate; circular vignette at lower left of mountain lion, ornate design on left edge includeds pineapples. Signatures of Lewis De Rossett (member of the Council), John Starkey (public treasurer, Southern District),...
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  • Two-shilling bill of credit, 1761
  • Printers' ornaments
  • Printer's ornaments on all sides of the bill, signatures on lower half of bill and "Death to counterfeit" printed vertically on right and left sides; "(IIS)" and "(2s.)" printed on sides of bill
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  • Two-shillings-and-six-pence bill of credit, 1771
  • Houses; Chimneys; Printers' ornaments
  • Printed from engraved; vignette of two-story, two-chimneyed house in circle at lower left; scrollwork is visible on left side of note; four signatures on bottom right of note.
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  • Four-shilling bill of credit, 1754
  • Printers' ornaments
  • Interlocking monogram-like design and scrollwork along bill's left side; signatures of John Swann, John Starkey, Lewis De Rosset, and Samuel Swann on lower portion of bill.
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  • Twenty-shilling bill of credit, 1754
  • Crowns; Printers' Ornaments
  • Bill printed from engraved copper plate; circular vignette of crown at lower left; ornate design on left edge; four signatures on bottom of note; Samuel Swann (speaker of General Assembly), John Swann (member of Council), Lewis De Rossett (Council)...
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  • Twenty-six-shillings-and-eight-pence bill of credit, 1754
  • Books; Bibles; Printers' ornaments
  • Bill printed from engraved copper plate; circular vignette at lower left with a book on its side "The Holy Bible" written on cover; printer's scrollwork visible on left edge; three signatures are clear and one is almost completely faded.
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  • Twenty-dollar bill of credit, 1779
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  • Twenty-dollar bill of credit issued in 1779 and printed by Hugh Walker in Wilmington, N.C.
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  • Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1779
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  • Ten-dollar bill of credit issued in 1779 and printed by Hugh Walker in Wilmington, North Carolina
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  • Seventy-five-cent counterfeit treasury note, 1778
  • Presidents
  • Period counterfeit; oval portrait of George Washington flanked by dark circles overlaid with "75"; large handwritten X in ink at center of note, voiding it as bogus.
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  • Seventy-five-cent treasury note, 1817
  • Sheep; Animals; Printers' ornaments;
  • Vignette shows a standing single sheep at left profile; ornate design on right and left side with "75 CENTS" and "Seventy five cents" printed vertically
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  • Thirty-cent treasury note, 1817
  • Farmers; Plowing; Horses; Agricultural machinery & implements; Animals; Printers' ornaments;
  • Vignette shows farmer guiding plow behind team of horses; ornate design on right and left sides with THIRTY printed vertically; oblong black box on bottom of bill "Murray Draper Fairman & Co."
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  • Twenty-cent treasury note, 1817
  • Plowing; Houses; Agriculture; Agricultural machinery & implements; Printers' ornaments;
  • Vignette shows plow, tiller frame, and house in background; oblong black box on bottom of bill "Murray Draper Fairman & Co."; scrollwork on both sides with "TWENTY" printed on left side and "Twenty Cents" printed on right side.
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  • Three-pound bill of credit, 1771
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  • Three-pound bill of credit issued in 1771
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  • Four-pence bill of credit, 1754
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  • Four-pence bill of credit issued in 1754.
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  • One-eighth-dollar bill of credit, 1776
  • Herons
  • Printed from plate probably engraved by Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland; 1 of 12,500; vignette of bending heron; signatures of G. Hill (faded) and Willis Alston.
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  • One-quarter-dollar bill of credit, 1776
  • Fish; Printers' ornaments; Barracudas;
  • Printed from plate probably engraved by Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland; image of fish at lower left and scrollwork on three sides; signature of Willis Alston and William Williams.
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  • Six-dollar bill of credit, 1776
  • Printers' ornaments; Goats; Animals
  • One of 10,000 printed from plate likely engraved by metalsmith Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland; image of goat at bottom left; four signatures, all faded in lower right corner; scrollwork on top and left sides with "SIX DOLLARS" printed inside.
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  • Fifteen-dollar bill of credit, 1776
  • Boars; Printers' ornaments; Swine;
  • One of 5,000 printed from plate likely engraved by metalsmith Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland; vignette at bottom left of boar; signed by William Haywood, John Webb, William Williams, and David Sumner; "FIFTEEN DOLLARS printed vertically on...
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