Paper 20 pound of South Carolina, United States/South Carolina, 1775. 0000.999.29113

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.29113

Physical Description

  • Axis: 9
  • Color: black

  • Measurements

    • Height: 107
    • Width: 164
  • SerialNumber: 4299
  • Shape: Rectangle

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Paper currency
  • Date: 1775

  • Date on Object

    • Date: June 1, 1775
  • Denomination: 20 pound
  • Manufacture: Printed
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: South Carolina | This Certificate will entitle the Bearer to Twenty \ Pounds Current Money which will be provided for by the Public \ according to a Resolution of the Provincial Congress assembled at \ Charles Town the first day of June MDCCLXXV | £20: [x4] | FIDES PUBLICA \ 1775
    • Type: Clasped hands

  • Reverse

    • Legend: FOR \ THE \ PUBLICK \ GOOD
    • Type: Flora and scroll
    • Symbol: [illegible]

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.29113
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: South Carolina--Paper Money

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States