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1861 Confederate Currency – Richmond – Civil War Memorabilia – 4649

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Original price was: $72.16.Current price is: $43.29.

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The original 1861 hand signed “Twenty Dollars” Confederate note shows a seated woman (Industry) behind a large 20 with cupid and a beehive in the center. On the right side of the note is a seated woman (Hope) with an anchor and a palm tree. In the lower left corner of the note is a drawing of Alexander Stephens, Vice- President of the Confederate States. This note was printed with black ink on either plain or watermarked paper. The note was engraved by “B. Duncan Richmond” with the hand inscribed serial number is “15207” in red ink. There were about 200 different people who signed for each treasury official. For the most part they were women, many the wives or daughters of Confederate soldiers who had been killed in action. The note will be shipped in a protective sleeve with a dated, hand signed Letter of Authenticity with a photograph of the currency above. All of the artifacts on our site are guaranteed to be original Civil War issue or as stated. Please see our “About Collectors Frame”, for more information on the framing and artifacts.

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