Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.184
- Creator:
- Keatinge Ball
- Place of Origin:
- Richmond, VA
- Date:
- 1864
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "The Confederate / STATES OF AMERICA / Will pay to the bearer on demand / FIFTY DOLLARS / Richmond, Feby. 17th. 1864." printed; "Two Years after the Ratification of a Treaty / of Peace between the Confederate States / and the United States" finely printed script top; "No. / 40218" printed left, right sides; "50" printed in sunburst circle left, right sides; "Keatinge Ball. Columbia S.C." fine print bottom; "FOR REGISTER. FOR TREASURER." printed bottom; "X" and "A" printed left, right sides; "2. SERIES" printed vertically left; "FIFTY 50" printed around border; Harper and Banker's signatures bottom; Jefferson Davis' portrait center; leaf design four corners; pink ink background; Reverse: "FIFTY" large print center; "50" printed in circles four corners; background blue ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.3 W-7.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Davis, Jefferson
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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