Colonial Currency
North Carolina, 5 pounds, December 1771, serial 914. Fr-NC-143 Difficult North Carolina colonial note with a vignette of cannons, flags, and a drum at the lower left. Rare in any form as just 2,000 notes of this high denomination were printed in 1771. Very Fine+ with sharp edges and numerous penned endorsements on the back, pinhole at upper left. Pedigreed to the 2003 Cincinnati Heritage Auction, lot 287.
($250-375)