Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Hundred Dollars, 1864
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By the end of the Civil War, the cost of living in the South was 9,000% greater than it had been before the war started. A cake of soap could sell for $50 and an ordinary suit of clothes for $2,700. Once the war was lost, millions of Southerners were left holding piles of worthless Confederate paper currency.
By the end of the Civil War, the cost of living in the South was 9,000% greater than it had been before the war started. A cake of soap could sell for $50 and an ordinary suit of clothes for $2,700. Once the war was lost, millions of Southerners were left holding piles of worthless Confederate paper currency.
Artifact
Paper money
Date Made
1864
Subject Date
17 February 1864
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.1104.43
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 7.25 in
Inscriptions
In part recto: 500 / TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE CONFEDERATE STATES & THE UNITED STATES / THE CONFEDERATE STATES / OF AMERICA / WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND / FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS / RICHMOND / FEB 17 1864 / 33171 (stamped)
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