Confederate States of America paper currency, value fifty dollars

Confederate States of America paper currency, value fifty dollars

Paper money--Confederate States of America--Specimens

Lithographed fifty-dollar bill printed in black on a reddish network background; narrow borders on all four sides with “FIFTY 50 FIFTY 50…” Central vignette: Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. Main text: “50” in seal in upper left and right corners; “Two Years after the Ratification of a Treaty/ of Peace between the Confederate States/ and the United States/ THE CONFEDERATE/ No/ 7280 (stamped)/ STATES OF AMERICA/ Will pay to the bearer on demand/ FIFTY DOLLARS/ Richmond, Feby17th1864/ y A C Howell FOR REGISTER [illegible] FOR TREASURER (Serial litter) Ay/ Keating & Ball, Columbia S.C.” Reverse printed in blue: “50” in seal at all four corners, “FIFTY” in center, and “FIFTY” in top and bottom border.
Person Jefferson Davis

Keatinge & Ball

Tryon Palace

Keatinge & Ball

1864

Richards, Nancy

Knight, Dean

Permission to use the photograph must be obtained in writing from Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina. It must be accompanied by the caption” From the collection of Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archive and History.”

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English

Money

TP.1986.044.001

Virginia, Richmond

Money

OH: 3 3/8” (8.4 cm); OW: 7 ¼” (18.5 cm)