Confederate Currency, Trans-Alleghany Bank of Virginia, Ten Dollars, 1865
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Confederate currency during the Civil War was anything but uniform -- it had various designs, numerous issuers, and was redeemable for payment in different ways. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes. And individual states and cities issued their own paper currency, too. This decentralized Confederate monetary system reflected Southern values -- Southerners prized states' rights over a strong central government.
Confederate currency during the Civil War was anything but uniform -- it had various designs, numerous issuers, and was redeemable for payment in different ways. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes. And individual states and cities issued their own paper currency, too. This decentralized Confederate monetary system reflected Southern values -- Southerners prized states' rights over a strong central government.
Artifact
Paper money
Date Made
1865
Subject Date
1865
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Creator Notes
Printed by Danforth, Wright & Co. of New York and Philadelphia.
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.1104.1827.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 7.25 in
Inscriptions
Recto, in part: 10 / THE TRANS-ALLEGHANY / BANK OF VIRGINIA / WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS / TO THE BEARER / ON DEMAND / JEFFERSONVILLE, / STATE OF VIRGINIA / DANFORTH, WRIGHT, & CO. NEW YORK & PHILAD Handwritten verso: 1865 / Richmond evacuated / on the 2nd of April / Sunday evening / conflagmation on / Monday 3rd April 1865 / This note was picked / up near the banks / which were entirely consumed
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