Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864

Summary

When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.

When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.

Artifact

Paper money

Date Made

1864

Subject Date

17 February 1864

Creators

Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury 

Keatinge & Ball 

Evans & Cogswell 

Place of Creation

United States, Virginia, Richmond 

United States, South Carolina, Columbia 

Creator Notes

Issued by the Confederate States of America Treasury, Richmond, Virginia. Lithographed by Evans & Cogswell and engraved by Keatinge & Ball in Columbia, South Carolina.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

30.1104.1767.10

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Dimensions

Height: 3 in

Width: 7.25 in

Inscriptions

Recto, in part: THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / WILL PAY TO BEARER / FIVE DOLLARS. / RICHMOND FEBRUARY 17TH 1864 / ENGRAVED BY KEATINGE & BALL COLUMBIA S.C. / LITHO'D BY EVANS & COGSWELL / NO. 50758 / SERIES 6

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