Confederate States of America paper currency, value ten dollars

Confederate States of America paper currency, value ten dollars

Paper money--Confederate States of America--Specimens

Lithographed ten-dollar bill printed in black on red fiber paper; wide borders on left and right sides; on left side “TEN”; on right side “10” in a seal (upper right) and a portrait of R.M.T. Hunter, a CSA cabinet member (lower right). Main text: Serial letter “B” in upper left and right corners/ (in serpentine frames left and right) “TWO YEARS AFTER/ THE/ RATIFICATION OF A/ TREATY OF PEACE/ BETWEEN” and “THE CONFEDERATE/ STATES/ AND THE/ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”/ N o 26321 on both sides of a vignette of field artillery/ THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA/ Will pay TEN DOLLARS to Bearer/ Richmond. February 17th 1864. [Illegible signature] for Regr A Baker for Treasr./ Keatinge & Ball Columbia, S.C.” Parallel to left border “Ptd by Evans & Cogswell” and “8 Series.” Reverse of bill printed in blue. Design: “10” in seals at four corners; “TEN” in large letters in center; “TEN” in center of upper and lower borders.
Military Person Horses Pulling Cannon RMT Hunter

Keatinge & Ball

Tryon Palace

Evans & Cogswell

Keatinge & Ball

1864

Paper money--Confederate States of America--Specimens

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.1986.042.001

Virginia, Richmond

Money

OH: 3 1/8” (7.9 cm); OW: 7 1/16” (18.0 cm)