North Carolina Currency
December 1771 continued
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£1 Serial Number: 4758 NC 12/71
Signers: Richard Caswell (in red), John Rutherfurd, Lewis De Rosset, John Harvey.
Size: 53 x 101mm (front border design: 50.5 x 90mm; back blank).
Comments: First signature in red ink, numbering and other signatures in various brown inks . Vignette in lower left corner of front depicts the constellation Ursa Minor (the little bear). On the back is written " A. B. to I. W." and "I. W. to T. D." and "T. Davis:" also there is a stamp in large black letters "I. ASHE". 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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30s Serial Number: 1,648 NC 12/71
Signers: Lewis De Rosset (in black ink), John Harvey (in red), Richard Caswell and John Rutherfurd.
Size: 55.5 x 99mm (front border design: 52 x 92mm; back blank).
Comments: First signature in black ink, second in red while the numbering and other signatures are in brown ink. The vignette in lower left corner of front depicts a hand wielding a short sword or dagger. On the black back are numerous handwritten annotations:Near the top border are: "I.A. Peter Sallinger" followed by "I.A. received of Peter Sallinger". To the right side are: "Thomas beat" which has been inked over, then, "R Mc to M Ch April 72", followed by "Jonathan Smith to DW" also near the center of the note "J Mc to W. D." and at the far left "J. Montfort" 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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£2 Serial Number: 1,283 NC 12/71
Signers: Lewis De Rosset, John Harvey (in red), Richard Caswell, John Rutherfurd.
Size: 77 x 118mm (front border design: 72.5 x 110mm; back blank)
Comments: Numbering and three signatures in various brown inks, one signature in red. The vignette in lower left corner of front depicts a dove with an olive branch. Below is the motto "Pax reddita May 1771" (Peace has been restored). On the back are the following handwritten annotations: "Montfort" "D J" "Two" amd "John Brandon to M." 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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£3 Serial Number: 1,415 NC 12/71
Signers: John Rutherfurd, Richard Caswell, John Harvey (in black ink) and Lewis DeRosset (in red).
Size: 77 x 115mm (front border design: 73 x 100mm; back blank).
Comments: Numbering and first two signatures in brown ink, the third in black and the final signature in red ink. The vignette in lower left corner of front depicts the Magna Charta (The Great Charter of 1215). On the blank back are several handwritten annotations: "Soloman Morgan to G.D.", "John Kirkwood to T.C. Wilkinson", Sam Campbell to La 2/4" "Iohn Crudin to LD" "J. Montfort" "Wz to AM" Ralph Garrell to J.G" also, "Moravians to Sd" and "William Rolling to E Dexter". 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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£5 Serial Number: 111 NC 12/71
Signers: John Harvey, Lewis DeRosset, John Rutherfurd, and Richard Caswell (in black ink).
Size: 77.5 x 123mm (front border design: 65 x 99.5mm; back blank).
Comments: Numbering and final signature in black ink, the other signatures are in brown ink. The vignette in lower left corner of front depicts crossed cannons and flags with a drum. On the black back there are several handwritten annotations: " D Branch Samuel to T.H for FS", "Mon", "A.C. to W. Robinson", "J. Montfort.", "M Payne to AC", "W. Pusom Oct. 75" and in the upper margin "Thomas Cambell" with some calculations written over this and "Thomas Hall to A.C." 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 358.
