North Carolina Colonial Note Fr#NC-164 April 2, 1776 $7 1/2 PMG 12 *Union Jack*
The April 2, 1776 North Carolina issue is unique in the fact that this issue contains 56 different varieties, the highest number of varieties of and American paper money issue. This odd denomination $7 1/2 note features an interesting vignette of a striped U.S. flag with the Union Jack replacing the stars. The vignettes of this issue were engraved in copper plates by Gabriel Lewyn, a goldsmith from Baltimore. Scarce and very sought after variety. Of the 10,000 originally printed, only 22 are known to exist today.
Signers: J. Webb, William Williams, William Haywood, David Sumner
The April 2, 1776 North Carolina issue is unique in the fact that this issue contains 56 different varieties, the highest number of varieties of and American paper money issue. This odd denomination $7 1/2 note features an interesting vignette of a striped U.S. flag with the Union Jack replacing the stars. The vignettes of this issue were engraved in copper plates by Gabriel Lewyn, a goldsmith from Baltimore. Scarce and very sought after variety. Of the 10,000 originally printed, only 22 are known to exist today.
Signers: J. Webb, William Williams, William Haywood, David Sumner
The April 2, 1776 North Carolina issue is unique in the fact that this issue contains 56 different varieties, the highest number of varieties of and American paper money issue. This odd denomination $7 1/2 note features an interesting vignette of a striped U.S. flag with the Union Jack replacing the stars. The vignettes of this issue were engraved in copper plates by Gabriel Lewyn, a goldsmith from Baltimore. Scarce and very sought after variety. Of the 10,000 originally printed, only 22 are known to exist today.
Signers: J. Webb, William Williams, William Haywood, David Sumner
Date: April 2, 1776
Denomination: $7 1/2
Friedberg #: NC-164
State: North Carolina
Certification: PMG
Grade: 12
Comments: “Contemporaneously Sewn, Backed”