[CIVIL WAR] (7) Confederate Bills

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Day 2: The American Civil War

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Apr 25, 2026

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• Lot Description

  A group of seven (7) Confederate currency notes, including: 

   

  1. Confederate States of America 50¢ note (T63). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series B, No. 99021. A vignette showcasing the side profile of the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis. Verso printed in blue. 

   

  2. Confederate States of America $100 note (T65). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series A, No. 11588. A vignette showcasing Lucy Holcombe Pickens, “Queen of the Confederacy,” and the only woman to appear on a CSA note, is at center. Vignettes of two soldiers and of George W. Randolph to lower left and right, respectively. Red printing on recto is faded but visible. Verso printed in blue. 

   

  3. Confederate States of America $1 note (T62). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series A, No. 11357. A vignette depicting the bust of Confederate States senator Clement Claiborne Clay. Red printing on recto is faded but visible.

   

  4. Confederate States of America $10 note (T68). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series G, No. 8074. A military vignette to center, depicting multiple mounted soldiers pulling a cannon. A vignette of Robert M.T. Hunter can be seen to the lower right. Verso printed in blue. 

   

  5. Confederate States of America $50 note (T66). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series AZ, No. 69666. A vignette depicting the bust of the Confederate States President Jefferson Davis at center. Red printing on recto is faded but visible. Verso printed in blue. 

   

  6. Confederate States of America $5 note (T69). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series E, No. 65553. Vignette showcasing the Virginia state capitol building, as well as bust view of Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury C.G. Memminger to lower left. Recto printed in red and black. Verso printed in blue. 

   

  7. Confederate States of America $20 note (T67). Richmond, Virginia, 17 February 1864. Series A, No. 76948. A vignette with view of the Tennessee state capital building can be seen at center, while a bust of the Vice President of the Confederate States of America, Alexander H. Stephens. Red printing on recto is faded but visible. Verso printed in blue. 

   

  Shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America began printing paper currency to finance their war effort. Since the notes weren’t backed by gold or silver, they functioned essentially as loans to the government, each promising payment “six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States,” though this period was later extended to two years as the war continued. With few engravers, printers, and printing facilities in the South, producing Confederate bank notes was difficult, and their designs varied widely, depicting statesmen, mythological figures, ships, trains, and occasionally enslaved people. Without specie backing, the value of Confederate currency steadily declined as the war turned against the Confederacy, and inflation worsened when Union agents circulated counterfeit notes in the South. By late 1864, one Confederate dollar was worth about three cents in gold, and by the war’s end, Confederate currency had become worthless.

   

  [Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Currency, Tokens, Medals,  Numismia, Numismatics, Exonumia, Bonds, Coins, Banknotes] [Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation]

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