Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.172
- Creator:
- Keatinge & Ball; Evans & Cogswell
- Place of Origin:
- Richmond, VA
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FUNDABLE IN STOCKS OR BONDS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES / TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE CONFEDERATE STATES & THE UNITED STATES / THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / Will pay TEN DOLLARS to Bearer / no. Richmond. April 6th 1863. / FOR RECR. 10 FOR TREASR. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL DUES EXCEPT EXPORT DUTIES" printed; "G" printed top left, right; "2ND. SERIES" printed vertically left; "Lithod. by Evans & Cogswell / 38" fine print vertical left; "TEN" printed in script vertically left; "Engraved by Keatinge & Ball Columbia. S.C." fine print bottom; "10" printed in decorative circle right; "5721121" written in ink left; two signatures bottom; "SEPTR, 1863." red ink stamp right; Robert M. T. Hunter's portrait in oval right; State Capitol at Columbia, SC center; thin black border. Reverse: "TEN DOLLARS" in banner top, bottom; ten "X"s printed in circles in large "X" formation, blue ink; decorative floral, scrollwork.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-6.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Hunter, Robert M. T. (1809-1887)
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Capitol buildings
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