North Carolina Currency
March 9, 1754
An emission of £40,000 in indented bills of credit made legal tender at the Proclamation Money rate. The notes were printed from engraved copper plates, with a different emblem on each denomination and a left margin design for the indent. Denominations issued were: 4d, 8d, 1s, 2s8d, 4s, 5s, 10s, 15s, 20s, 26s8d, 30s and 40s.obv
26s8d Serial Number: 2,951 NC 03/09/54
Signers: Samuel Swann, John Swann, Lewis De Rosset, John Starkey.
Size: 71 x 124mm (border trimmed)
Comments: Signed and numbered in brown ink, but ink is faded. Emblem in front lower left depicts the Holy Bible. The black back contains numerous handwritten annotations in brown ink, including: "From I.S to W.E.", "John Webster to J.B.", "Thomas Jones", "Newburn town", "John Whitehead", and "Lem Sawyer". Click here to view the annotated back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 1/18/97, lot 333..
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30s Serial Number: 171 (...?) (corner missing) NC 03/09/54
Signers: Samuel Swann, John Swann, Lewis De Rosset.
Size: 67 x 129mm (indented bill; from top to bottom border on front: 65mm; from inner edge of right marginal design to end of '4' in "1754": 109mm; back blank).
Comments: Signed and numbered in brown ink, but ink is faded. Emblem in front lower left depicts a house. Our example is torn across the top and right side of front. Back is blank but our example contains numerous handwritten annotations in black ink, including: "May the 30th, 1775 from N. E. to Johathan [sic] Davis", "Jonathan Davis 1,500", "Dudley Runnets", "Colmon", "John Willie to W. Moore", "Gilbert Eccles to T.W.", "H. King", "Georg Brucele..." and what appears to be JC Joner (?) to D.L. Click here to view the annotated back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction 1/13/96, lot 422.
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40s Serial Number: 2266 NC 03/09/54
Signers: John Starkey, John Swann Samuel Swann, Lewis De Rosset.
Size: 70 x 136mm (indented bill; from top to bottom border on front: 654mm; from inner edge of right marginal design to right border: 116mm; back blank).
Comments: Signed and numbered in light brown inks. Emblem in front lower left depicts a church. Back is blank but our example contains numerous handwritten annotations in black ink, including: "George Sorrel", "William Harris from Mr Hindervon" and on the side "W." then below "T. H." Click here to view the annotated back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction 12/07/2002, lot 539.
