Until around the time of the Civil War, American money was produced by private institutions in addition to central and local governments. Issuers embellished their money with artwork in the form of vignettes, or pictorial elements. Some of the artwork was just for eye appeal; some had symbolic or local meaning. This exhibition, drawn from the North Carolina Collection, looked at the art of North Carolina’s money, tokens, and medals.
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