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North Carolina Colonial Note Fr#NC-187 May 15, 1779 $50 PCGS 25 *Only 4 Known*

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This extremely scarce $50 note from the May 15, 1779 North Carolina issue features ornamental boarders and a mostly typeset design. Printed on light course paper by Hugh Walker of Wilmington, NC. The printer included secret marks in the text to deter counterfeiters. The secret mark on this $50 bill is a circumflex above the e in silver. There is a motto at the bottom left that reads “A Righteous Cause the Protection of Providence”. Death to counterfeit can be seen on the left edge. Of the 2,000 originally printed, only 4 are known to exist today. Previously a part of the renowned Ford-Boyd Collection.

Signers: John Hunt, John Taylor

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This extremely scarce $50 note from the May 15, 1779 North Carolina issue features ornamental boarders and a mostly typeset design. Printed on light course paper by Hugh Walker of Wilmington, NC. The printer included secret marks in the text to deter counterfeiters. The secret mark on this $50 bill is a circumflex above the e in silver. There is a motto at the bottom left that reads “A Righteous Cause the Protection of Providence”. Death to counterfeit can be seen on the left edge. Of the 2,000 originally printed, only 4 are known to exist today. Previously a part of the renowned Ford-Boyd Collection.

Signers: John Hunt, John Taylor

This extremely scarce $50 note from the May 15, 1779 North Carolina issue features ornamental boarders and a mostly typeset design. Printed on light course paper by Hugh Walker of Wilmington, NC. The printer included secret marks in the text to deter counterfeiters. The secret mark on this $50 bill is a circumflex above the e in silver. There is a motto at the bottom left that reads “A Righteous Cause the Protection of Providence”. Death to counterfeit can be seen on the left edge. Of the 2,000 originally printed, only 4 are known to exist today. Previously a part of the renowned Ford-Boyd Collection.

Signers: John Hunt, John Taylor

Date: May 15, 1779

Denomination: $50

Friedberg #: NC-187

State: North Carolina

Certification: PCGS

Grade: 25

Comments: “Repairs, Masking”