Currency, North Carolina, 2 April 1776, $6

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  • Maker: Gabriel Lewyn
  • America, Southeast, North Carolina, Halifax
  • April 2, 1776
  • Ink on paper
  • Gift of Harold B. Gill, Jr.
  • 2002-98

In contrast to the Continental Currency notes, these simple, small pieces of paper money were printed from an engraved copperplate. All notes of this issue have vignettes, and the $6 notes are adorned with a squirrel eating a nut or acorn.

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