North Carolina Currency
December 1771
An emission of £60,000 in public treasury bills of credit at the Proclamation Money rate. The notes were printed from engraved plates with a different emblem on each denomination. The three highest denominations are larger that the other bills. Denominations issued were: 1s, 2s6d, 5s, 10s, £1, 30s, £2, £3 and £5.obv
1s Serial Number: 2788 NC 12/71
Signers: Richard Claswell (in red ink), Lewis De Rosset, John Rutherfurd, John Harvey.
Size: 50 x 86mm (front border design: 44.5 x 83mm; back blank).
Comments: First signature in red ink; remaining signatures and numbering in black ink. Vignette in lower left corner of front depicts a basket of fruit.Click here to view the blank back.
Provenance: From the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Collection.
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2s6d Serial Number: 28,992 NC 12/71
Signers: Richard Claswell (in red ink), Lewis De Rosset, John Rutherfurd, John Harvey.
Size: 54 x 104mm (front border design: 50 x 88mm; back blank).
Comments: First signature in red ink; remaining signatures and numbering in black ink. Vignette in lower left corner of front depicts a house. Click here to view the blank back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 12/2/95, lot 493.
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5s Serial Number: 5,298 NC 12/71
Signers: John Rutherfurd, Richard Caswell, John Harvey, Lewis De Rosset (in red ink).
Size: 54 x 96mm (front border design: 51 x 83mm; back blank).
Comments: Last signature in red ink; remaining signatures and numbering in black ink. Vignette in lower left corner of front depicts two quill pens in an ink well on a book or ledger. The back is blank. Click here to view the blank back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 1/18/97, lot 359.
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10s Serial Number: 202 NC 12/71
Signers: John Harvey, Lewis De Rosset, John Rutherfurd (in red ink) and Richard Caswell.
Size: 59 x 103.5mm (front border design- Vertical dimensions trimmed, Horizontal dimension: 93mm; back blank).
Comments: First two signatures in brown ink, third signature in red and numbering and final signature in blank ink. The vignette in lower left corner of the front depicts a ship. On the blank reverse are several handwritten notes: "J. Landinham to To. Ls." and "Received of Ed Crowall" and "Received from Tori Linderson". 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 359.
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10s Serial Number: 8297 NC 12/71
Signers: John Rutherfurd, John Harvey, Richard Caswell, Lewis De Rosset (in red ink).
Size: 56 x 102mm (front border design: 49.5 x 90mm; back blank).
Comments: Last signature in red ink; remaining signatures and numbering in black ink. Vignette in lower left corner of front depicts a ship. Click here to view the blank back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 1/13/96, lot 429.
