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50 colonial sheets

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
50 colonial sheets
<b>50 colonial sheets.</b> This is a remarkable bundle of 50 three-note sheets stitched together at the top with old sewing thread! Uniface. The denominations on each are, from top to bottom: 2 shillings, 6 pence; 1 pound; and 10 shillings. The first has a vignette of a two-story building, the seond a seal with stars representing the Big Dipper constellation on its body, and the third, a three masted sailing ship. Issue of December 1771. Each has four clear bright signatures in red or sepia. A remarkable original bundle or pack of Colonial paper money from North Carolina.

Under the December 1771 Act of North Carolina, 60,000 Pounds in Debenture Bills were issued and payable in Proclamation Money. Only 16,000 of the 2s6d notes printed, 10,000 each of the 10s and 1 Pound notes.

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