1768 United States 5 Pound Note Value

This 1768 note, the United States 5 Pound Note, is documented below from a documented example: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

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1768 United States 5 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 5 Pound Note
Year
1768
Material
Paper

1768 United States 5 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

NORTHCAROLINA. / [£V.] FIVE POUNDS. / THE Province of NORTH CAROLINA is in- \ debted to the Possessor hereof, Five Pounds, \ Proclamation Money; to be paid out of the Pub- \ lic Treasury, on Demand, at any Time after the \ Tenth Day of JUNE, 1772, according to ACT \ of ASSEMBLY, passed December 1768. / (5 l.) [x3] / Death to counterfeit. [x3] / (£. V) [x2] / (£. 5)

Decorative borders

Reverse

Measured 1768 United States 5 Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1768 United States 5 Pound Note example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1768 United States 5 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1768 United States 5 Pound Note #1---Friedberg.NC-134

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.