Colonial Note, NC. May 4, 1758 10s Finest Known
North Carolina Currency
North Carolina, May 4, 1758 Likely the Finest Known Ten Shillings Fr. NC-95 Listed in Friedberg as "VERY RARE"
North Carolina, May 4, 1758 Act, Hand-Dated September 20, 1759, Ten Shillings, Legal Tender Treasury Note payable with 6% Interest, Very Fine.
Fr. NC-95. Only 2,000 printed. Listed in Friedberg as "VERY RARE" and this example should be compared to the (2008) 5th Edition Newman Plate Illustration note, the sole example then available to Newman was a 40s offered and sold in the Stack's Ford/Boyd Sale May 2004, there graded "Good" (with major stains and problems) selling at $1,035. Our current note is vastly superior in quality and pleasing in its overall appearance. This issue and denomination lacking in virtually all Colonial Currency and North Carolina paper money collections. This 10 Shillings note is Hand-Dated "Sept. 20th, 1759" major Type. Fully Signed by Thomas Barker and John Starkey. Very Fine, solid and whole with virtually fully complete outer typeset border designs clear and present. Some trivial sealed splits and conservation, boldly printed and with its margins intact. Very likely the Finest Known Ten Shillings.
KEYWORDS:
Rare Currency, Colonial Currency, Historic Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, North Carolina Colonial Currency, Revolutionary War Paper Money, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, North Carolina Fiscal Paper Note, Hand Written Paper Money, North Carolina Currency
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North Carolina, May 4, 1758 Likely the Finest Known Ten Shillings Fr. NC-95 Listed in Friedberg as "VERY RARE"
North Carolina, May 4, 1758 Act, Hand-Dated September 20, 1759, Ten Shillings, Legal Tender Treasury Note payable with 6% Interest, Very Fine.
Fr. NC-95. Only 2,000 printed. Listed in Friedberg as "VERY RARE" and this example should be compared to the (2008) 5th Edition Newman Plate Illustration note, the sole example then available to Newman was a 40s offered and sold in the Stack's Ford/Boyd Sale May 2004, there graded "Good" (with major stains and problems) selling at $1,035. Our current note is vastly superior in quality and pleasing in its overall appearance. This issue and denomination lacking in virtually all Colonial Currency and North Carolina paper money collections. This 10 Shillings note is Hand-Dated "Sept. 20th, 1759" major Type. Fully Signed by Thomas Barker and John Starkey. Very Fine, solid and whole with virtually fully complete outer typeset border designs clear and present. Some trivial sealed splits and conservation, boldly printed and with its margins intact. Very likely the Finest Known Ten Shillings.
KEYWORDS:
Rare Currency, Colonial Currency, Historic Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, North Carolina Colonial Currency, Revolutionary War Paper Money, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, North Carolina Fiscal Paper Note, Hand Written Paper Money, North Carolina Currency
