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1861 Confederate Currency/Notes

 File — Box: 0242, Folder: 01, Item: 02
Identifier: SC MS 0242.01.01

Scope and Contents

Two Years after the… …Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, Va. (Lithographers) (black ink) $10. A July 25, 1861, Richmond. Liberty seated on shield with eagle. No. 39309 (handwritten in red ink), (handwritten signatures), blank reverse, nickel sized hole punched in center. (poor condition) $20. D July 25, 1861, Richmond. Three-masted sailing ship. No. 65436 (handwritten in red ink). XX printed on lower right corner, 20 printed center left side, and upper right corner, blank reverse (handwritten signatures). (poor condition) $50. Bb July 25, 1861, Richmond. George Washington. No. 12207 (handwritten in red ink). Handwritten signatures, blank reverse. $5. M Sept. 2nd 1861, Richmond. Christopher Memminger Bust in center of note. Green and black ink. No. 5639. 5 printed in green disk, V printed in green disk lower right corner. Handwritten signatures. Blank reverse. (On blank reverse a signature ?? R. Janny?) (Poor condition) $5. C September 2, 1861, Richmond. Sailor sitting on bales, ship in background. V printed on each side of center image. Lower left corner bust of Christopher Memminger. R. Duncan, engraver. Only black ink. No. 3394 (handwritten red ink). Blank reverse. (Poor condition) $5. I September 2, 1861. (Same design as above). No. 24518 (red ink). Blank reverse. (Poor condition) $5. A September 2, 1861. Richmond. Woman seated on bales in center, sailor lower left. V upper right. Hoyer & Ludwig printer. Black ink. No. 12566 (red ink). Blank reverse. (poor condition) $5. A (Same design as above). J.T. Paterson, Columbia S.C.. No. 150911 (red ink). Blank reverse. (poor condition) $10. A September 2, 1861. Richmond. Two seated women with urn upper left corner, in center Confederate States of America, center right small steam train. No. 61216 (red ink). Blank reverse. $10. J September 2, 1861. Richmond. R. M. Hunter on left, Child on right. Black and orange red ink. Keatinge & Ball printer. No. 35602(black ink). Blank reverse. (Two holes punched) $10. Y Sept. 2, 1861. Richmond. In center Hope with Anchor, R.M. Hunter on left, C. Memminger on right. Black ink. No. 37055 (red ink). Blank reverse. (one hole in center poor condition) $10. September 2, 1861. Richmond. In center General Francis Marion and Sir Banistree Tarleton at dinner during Revolutionary War, at left R.M. Hunter, at right Minerva. First Series printed beneath upper left 10. No. 49763 (red ink). B. Duncan engraver. $10. (Same design as previous on next three notes except words Second, Third, Fourth Series printed beneath upper left 10. Nos. 46711, 3105? (two notches at bottom), 6363 (B. Duncan printed on note). (all serial numbers in red ink). All blank reverse. $10.C September 2, 1861. Richmond. Upper center Slave picking cotton, at right flat boat with cotton bales, upper right corner X, lower corner 10, lower left B. Duncan printed beneath TEN. No. 21707 (red ink). (nickel sized hole punched at left). Blank reverse. $20. A September 2, 1861. Richmond. In center three-masted sailing ship, at left sailor at capstan, at upper right 20 lower right XX. No. 40850 (red ink). Hoyer & Ludwig printer. Blank reverse with signatures Tom Eldrige and John Gleason. (worn condition) $20. September 2 1861. Richmond. In center woman behind floral 20, at left Alexander Stephens, at right woman leaning on anchor above XX, beneath is B. Duncan. No. 13521 (red ink). Blank reverse. (worn condition) $20. (Same design as previous) No. 5429 (red ink). (Crisp fine condition) $50. A September 2, 1861. Richmond. In center woman seated by treasure Chest, on left two sailors, on right L beneath 50. No. 2557 (red ink). Hoyer & Ludwig printers. Blank reverse. (Two notches at bottom). $50. Sept. 2nd, 1861. Richmond. In center Jefferson Davies. Black and Green. No. 22405? (black ink). (Two notches at bottom. Poor condition)

Dates

  • Creation: 1790-1923
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1861-1876

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet ([1] box; 23 oversize bonds filed separately)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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