South Carolina Currency
February 14, 1777
An emission of $308,000 (£500,500) in bills of credit entitling the bearer to current money. The engraved obverse of both denominations have a different vignette with a motto. The reverse is typeset. There are three to four signatures on each bill. Printed on brown paper. Denominations issued were: $20 (£32 10s) and $30 (£48 15s).obv
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$20 Serial Number: 5871 SC 02/14/77
Signers: William Logan, Samuel Legaré, Robert William Powell, Edward Blake.
Size: 78 x 111mm (obverse border design, 74 x 109mm; reverse border design, 68 x 105mm).
Comments: Seal depicts a bird flying out of an opened cage; motto above reads: "Ubi libertas ibi patria" (Where there is liberty, there is the homeland). On the back in the top right cornet is a pencil annotation: "W.V. 12 Dec 77."
Provenance: EANA mail bid auction 5/20/96 lot 595. Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment.
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$30 Serial Number: 462 SC 02/14/77
Signers: William Logan, Samuel Legaré, Robert William Powell.
Size: 75 x 110mm (obverse border design, 74 x 109mm; reverse border design, 68 x 104mm).
Comments: Seal depicts a traveller with a backpack; motto above reads: "Misera servitus omnis" (All slavery is wretched).
Provenance: EANA mail bid auction 1/13/96 lot 478. Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment.
