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1862 Confederate Currency/Notes

 File — Box: 0242, Folder: 01, Item: 03
Identifier: SC MS 0242.01.01

Scope and Contents

$1. June 2, 1862. Richmond. Steam ship with sails in center, Lucy Pickens on right, woman on left. Black ink. Note is smaller. Blank reverse. (Three notes in very poor condition) $2. June 2, 1862. Richmond. Allegorical figures of Confederacy striking the Union in center, Judah Benjamin at left. Black ink. Blank reverse. (Three notes in very poor condition) $10. September 2, 1862. Richmond, In center woman seated on cotton bales, three ship in background, R.M. Hunter lower right. No. 46625 (red ink). Stamped in red ink “February, 1864 Accepted As a Note ????” Nickel sized hole punched in center. Blank reverse. (Fair condition) $100. X Nov. 24, 1862 (handwritten). Richmond. In center Slaves hoeing in field, John C. Calhoun on left, Columbia figure on right. No. 66780. Black ink with red ink printed ONE HUNDRED. Blank Reverse with three stamps: Interest Paid to Jan. 1863, Interest Paid To 1st January 1864 at Jackson, Interest Paid to 1st January 1865 at Jackson. (poor condition) $1. I Dec. 2nd, 1862. Richmond. First Series. In center bust of Clement Clay. Black ink on pink paper. Blank reverse. (Two holes punched in center. Poor condition) $2. A Dec. 2nd, 1862. Richmond. In center of a circular rosette is a large 2. Bust of Judah Benjamin at right. No. 11957? Black ink. Blank reverse (Three holes punched in center. Very poor condition) $5. F December 2nd, 1862. Richmond, 1st series. In center is Richmond Capitol Building, at lower right bust of a cabinet member. No. 56800? Black on pink paper, on reverse printed in blue large V and five 5s. J.T. Paterson & Co. printers. (Good condition) $5. B December 2nd, 1862. Richmond, 2nd series. Same design as previous. No. 211021?. (Faded color) $5. E December 2, 1862. Richmond, 3rd series. Same design as previous. No. 46571? (Two semicircles cut into bottom. Poor condition) $10. B December 2nd, 1862. Richmond. 3. Series. In center South Carolina State Capitol, R.M. Hunter at lower right. No. 5265. Black ink on pink paper, blue Xs on reverse. (Good condition) $10. B December 2nd, 1862. Richmond. Same design as previous. No. 225755? Printed by B. Duncan. Red ink stamp Febuary, 1864 Inspected…(words surrounded by double-lined circle, poor condition) $10. C, D, H, II December 2nd, 1862. Same design as previous. Four notes with Nos. 3503?? Printed by B. Duncan, engraved by Keatinge & Ball (poor condition), No. 27420 3. series, Ptd by Evans & Cogswell (good condition), No.89204 3rd Series, engraved by Keatinge & Ball (faded but good), No.16559? Printed by B. Duncan, engraved by Keatinge & Ball. (good condition). $20. E December 2nd, 1862. Richmond, 1st series. Tennessee State Capitol Building in center, Alexander Stephens at lower right, XX upper Right. No. 7115? Black ink, blue ink on reverse. Engraved by Keatinge & Ball. $50. Dec. 2nd, 1862. Richmond, 3rd series. Jefferson Davis bust in center. No. 10258. Black and green ink, green ink on reverse. Keatinge & Ball.

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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