Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 1992.026.04
- Creator:
- Archer & Halpin
- Place of Origin:
- Richmond, VA
- Date:
- 1864
- Description:
- Currency. Bank note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "Richmond Feb. 17th. 1864 / D 97279 / 1st SERIES /The Confederate States of America / Will pay FIFTY CENTS to bearer / REGISTER TREASURER" printed; "Two Years after the Ratification of a Treaty of Peace / between the Confederate States and United States" vertically printed on left side; "ENGRAVED BY ARCHER AND HALPIN RICHMOND. VA." printed vertically on right side; "Fifty / 50 / Cents" printed in oval left; "The Confederate / 50 / States of America" printed in oval right; portrait of Jefferson Davis in oval center; signature of E. Elmore bottom right; signature of R. Tyler bottom left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.4 W-4.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Jackman Gesen
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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