Title

Confederate States of America paper currency, value ten dollars

Maker

Evans & Cogswell, printers

Keating & Ball, Columbia, South Carolina, lithographers

Material

Lithograph on Laid paper, type, ink

Origin

[Virginia, Richmond]

Date:

1864

Dimensions:

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

Description:

Lithographed ten-dollar bill printed in black on red fiber pape; 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 17^th 1864. [Illegible signature]  for Reg^r A Baker for Treas^r./ Keatinge & Ball Columbia, S.C.” Parallel to left border “Pt^d 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.

Source:

Unknown

Relation:

Comments:

Formerly on loan to the UDC Confederate Museum, Attmore-Oliver House, New Bern, N.C.

Language:

En

Rights:

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.”