Early Paper Money of America / North Carolina / 1776 April 2

Early Paper Money of America (NNP Edition)|

$1,250,000 (£500,000) in Bills of Credit was issued, of which $250,000 was authorized on April 22, 1776 and $1,000,000 on May 9, 1776. The date of April 2, 1776 on the bills was the beginning of the session. Engraved on copper plates by GL (Gabriel Lewyn, a Baltimore goldsmith), their initials appear on a few varieties. Vignettes appear on each bill. Some bills contain mottoes. Printed on both thick and thin laid paper. Some bills show part of a crown as a watermark. Fractional denominations are smaller than the higher denominations. The original plate for the $20 bill exists. Signers were Willis Alston, J. Bradford, William Haywood, G. Hill, Benjamin McCulloch, David Sumner, J. Webb, and William Williams. See the prior issue for the redemption history. This issue contains 56 varieties, the largest number of varieties of any American paper money issue.

$1/16 Beetle [13,333]
$1/16 Butterfly [13,333]
$1/16 Cornucopia [13,333]
$1/16 Griffin [13,333]
$1/16 Nautilus [13,333]
$1/16 Vase of Flowers [13,333]
$1/8 Dog [12,500]
$1/8 Heron [12,500]
$1/8 Lion [12,500]
$1/8 Monogram with regular and mirrored H [12,500]
$1/8 Monogram JM [12,500]
$1/8 Sculpin [12,500]
$1/8 Snake biting sword in scabbard [12,500]
$1/8 Steer [12,500]
$1/4 Bird flying [12,500]
$1/4 Three fish [12,500]
$1/4 Hare [12,500]
$1/4 Monogram FB in black script [12,500]
$1/4 Monogram NCSN (State of North Carolina) in white script [12,500]
$1/4 Sea urchin [12,500]
$1/4 Barracuda [12,500]
$1/4 Halibut [12,500]
$1/2 N. AMERICAN BEAR [12,500]
$1/2 Cock Fight [12,500]
$1/2 Crow and pitcher [12,500] ▷CF◁
$1/2 Hunter, dog and target. HIT OR MISS. No day in date [12,500] ▷CF◁
$1/2 Monogram with toothed border of triangles [12,500]
$1/2 Monogram with toothed border of radial lines. Engraver’s initials G L in left border [12,500]
$1/2 Owl [12,500]
$1/2 Ship [12,500]
$1 Duck [10,000]
$1 Raccoon [10,000]
$1 Justice [10,000]
$1 Scroll with denomination in black [10,000]
$1 Scroll with denomination in white [10,000]
$1 Snake strangling bird [10,000]
$2 Deer [10,000]
$2 Fox. Engraver’s initials G L [10,000]
$2 ½ Hand clasping thirteen arrows VIS UNITATIS (The power of unity) [10,000]
$2 ½ Liberty cap over altar. LIBERTAS & NATALE SOLUM (Liberty and our native land) [10,000]
$3 Alligator at top. Beaver on left [10,000]
$3 Beehive [10,000] ▷CF◁
$4 Bee [10,000] ▷CF◁
$4 Sheaf of wheat [10,000] ▷CF◁
$5 Thrush [10,000]
$5 Triton. Engraver’s initials G L. Error of d2 instead of 2d. A face is in the 0 in the top border [10,000] ▷CF◁
$6 Goat [10,000]
$6 Squirrel eating nut [10,000]
$7 ½ U.S. Flag with 13 stripes and Union Jack. Engraver’s initials G L [10,000]
$8 Leopard [10,000]
$8 Rooster [10,000]
$10 Cupid [10,000]
$10 Peacock [10,000]
$12 ½ Eagle carrying broken arrows. DEUS NOBISCUM (God be with us) [3,000]
$15 Boar [5,000] ▷CF◁
$20 Rattlesnake. DON’T TREAD ON ME. Engraver’s initials G L [5,000]