North Carolina pound

E16719

colonial currency historical currency

The North Carolina pound was a colonial-era currency used in the Province of North Carolina before the adoption of the U.S. dollar.

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Label	Occurrences
North Carolina pound canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial currency ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
country	Province of North Carolina ⓘ
currencyOf	Province of North Carolina ⓘ
currencySystem	pre–United States monetary system ⓘ
denominationType	bills of credit ⓘ paper money ⓘ
follows	Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
historicalContext	British colonial rule in North America ⓘ
historicalRegion	Southern Colonies ⓘ
issuer	Province of North Carolina ⓘ surface form: colonial government of North Carolina
legalStatus	legal tender in the Province of North Carolina ⓘ
monetarySystem	£sd (pounds, shillings, pence) ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	valued differently from pound sterling in practice ⓘ
peggedTo	pound sterling (nominally) ⓘ
periodOfUse	before adoption of the United States dollar ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
region	British America ⓘ
replacedBy	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) ⓘ
subunit	penny ⓘ shilling ⓘ
subunitOfRatio	1 pound = 20 shillings ⓘ 1 shilling = 12 pence ⓘ
usedAlongside	Spanish dollar ⓘ other colonial currencies of British America ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
usedFor	domestic trade in the Province of North Carolina ⓘ
usedIn	Province of North Carolina ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of North Carolina → currency → North Carolina pound ⓘ

United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) → replaced → North Carolina pound ⓘ

United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) → replacedCurrency → North Carolina pound ⓘ