North Carolina Pound

The pound was the currency of North Carolina until 1793. Initially, the British pound circulated, supplemented from 1709 by local paper money. Although these notes were denominated in pounds, shillings and pence, they were worth less than sterling, with 1 North Carolina shilling = 9 pence sterling. The first issue of paper money was known as "Old Tenor" money. In 1748, "New Tenor" paper money was introduced, worth 7½ times the Old Tenor notes.

The State of North Carolina issued Continental currency denominated in £sd and Spanish dollars, with 1 dollar = 8 shillings (the York rating). The continental currency was replaced by the U.S. dollar at a rate of 1000 continental dollars = 1 U.S. dollar.

Currencies named pound or similar

Current	Bristol Pound Egyptian pound Falkland Islands pound Gibraltar pound Guernsey pound Jersey pound Lebanese pound Manx pound Pound sterling Saint Helena pound South Sudanese pound Sudanese pound Syrian pound Turkish lira

Defunct	Alderney pound Anglo-Saxon pound Australian pound Bahamian pound Bermudian pound Biafran pound British West African pound Canadian pound Connecticut pound Cypriot pound Delaware pound Fijian pound French livre French colonial livre Gambian pound Georgia pound Ghanaian pound Haitian livre Irish pound Israeli lira Italian lira Jamaican pound Libyan pound Livre tournois Lombardy-Venetia pound Luccan pound Malawian pound Maltese pound Maltese lira Maryland pound Massachusetts pound New Brunswick pound New France livre New Guinean pound New Hampshire pound New Jersey pound New York pound New Zealand pound Newfoundland pound Nigerian pound North Carolina pound Nova Scotian pound Oceanian pound Ottoman lira Palestinian pound Papal lira Paris livre Parman lira Pennsylvania pound Pound Scots Prince Edward Island pound Rhode Island pound Rhodesian pound Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound Sardinian lira Solomon Islands pound South Carolina pound Southern Rhodesian pound South African pound South African Republic pound South West African pound Tongan pound Transvaal pound Tuscan pound Virginia pound West Indian pound Western Samoan pound Zambian pound

See also	Dinar Pound sign Troy pound

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