Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.173
- Creator:
- Keatinge & Ball
- 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 TWENTY DOLLARS to the Bearer / on demand. Richmond. April 6th 1863. / for Register. for Treasurer. / Receivable in Payment of all Dues except Export Duties." printed; "D" printed top left, right; "No." printed right; "1st SERIES" printed vertically right; "Engraved by Keatinge & Ball Columbia. S.C." fine print vertical left; "APRIL, 1863." red ink stamp right; "2735" written in red ink right; LP Rogers(?) and Linch's(?) signatures bottom; "TWENTY" printed vertically left; "XX" in circle right; Alexander Stephens' portrait in oval right; State Capitol at Nashville, TN center; thin black border. Reverse: "20" printed in circle left, right; "XX" printed in large circle center; decorative scrollwork, all blue ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-6.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Stephens, Alexander (1812-1883)
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Capitol buildings
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