Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.201
- Creator:
- Hoyer Ludwig
- Place of Origin:
- Richmond, VA
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "Six Months after the Ratification / of a Treaty of peace between / the Confederate States / and the United States" printed in script top; "THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF / AMERICA / Will pay One Hundred Dollars to bearer / RICHMOND, VA September 2d 1861." printed; "A" and "G" printed left; "No." printed right; "Fundable in Confederate / States Stock bearing / Eight per Cent Interest" printed right; "RECEIVABLE / IN / PAYMENT / OF ALL DUES / EXCEPT / EXPORT DUES" printed in banner top left; "for REGISTER for TREASR." fine print bottom; "HOYER LUDWIG RICHMOND VA" fine print bottom; "1744" written in ink right; two signatures bottom; "100" printed in decorative circle top right corner; "E" printed in decorative oval bottom right corner; sailor bottom left with anchor, barrel and sextant, ship on water; men loading hay onto wagon in town scene center; thin black border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-7.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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