Confederate
States Currency
States Currency
| The Confederate States of America issued a total of seven issues of currency during it's existence, beginning with the Act of March 9th, 1861, and ending with the Act of February 17th, 1864. The first notes were issued through the Confederacy's original capitol of Montgomery, Alabama, and these notes are considered extremely rare. Once the state of Virginia seceded and joined the Confederacy, the capitol was moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May 1861. All 2nd through 7th Issue notes were issued through Richmond. Most were signed, and cut, by hand. During the war years 1861-1865, paper money was not only issued by the central Confederate government in Richmond, but also by the individual Southern state governments, local municipalities, numerous private banks, and even merchants. By the end of the war, most State issued notes, like their Confederate counterparts, had become worthless paper. Today, however, Confederate currency is worth many times it's face value to collectors. I sure wish my ancestor's had packed up a trunk full of that "worthless" paper! The notes on this page are my personal collection of Confederate States of America notes, as well as notes issued by the State of Georgia. For my collection, I chose the Georgia notes simply because Georgia is where I was born. For the CSA notes, I chose the 7th Issue dated February 17th, 1864. I chose this particular issue because these notes are a little easier to find, a bit more affordable (depending on the condition of the note), and I liked the design of the note's reverse. Also, it's the only issue that included a $500 note. CSA Currency- 7th Issue $500 (T-401) - Confederate Battle Flag & The Great Seal at left; Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at lower right; pink and black; blank reverse; only CSA note with a Confederate flag. $100 (T402) - Lucy H. Pickens, wife of governor of S.C., in center; two Confederate soldiers at left; George W. Randolph, CSA Secretary of War at lower right; pink and black; blue reverse. $50 (T403) - President of the CSA, Jefferson Davis, at center; pink and black; blue reverse. $20 (T404) - Tennessee State Capital at Nashville in center; Alexander H. Stephens, Vice- President of the Confederate States of America at lower right; pink and black; blue reverse. $10 (T405) - Field artillery in the center with R.M.T. Hunter, CSA Secretary of State at right. Pink and Black. Blue Reverse. $5 (T406) - Capital of the CSA, Richmond, Virginia, in the center; C.G. Memminger, CSA Secretary of the Treasury at right; pink and black; blue reverse. $2 (T407) - CSA Cabinet member, Judah P. $1 (T-408) - CSA Senator Clement C. Clay in Benjamin at right; pink and black; blank back. the center; pink and black; blank back. 50 cents (T409) - Profile bust of Jefferson Finis Davis, President of the Confederate States of America at center; printed signatures; black on pink paper; blank back. State of Georgia Currency On January 19, 1861, Georgia became the 5th state to secede from the union. During the War Between the States, the state of Georgia began issuing notes during 1862 under the Act of December 5, 1861, which initially authorized $2,500,000 in state treasury notes. The state continued to authorize more funds for the continued issuance of notes throughout the war under the authority of different legislative acts which culminated with a final issue dated March 20, 1865. All Georgia currency notes were only printed on one side. Most of the notes will be found with an ink treasury stamp on either the front or back. All Georgia notes were printed in Milledgeville, Georgia. They were hand-numbered, hand-signed, and cut individually by hand. $100 note with allegorical figure of Ceres in the $50 note with roman numeral L surrounded by center, and pictures of sailors on each side; 2 a coiled snake in the center; state seal at the treasury seals are stamped on the front; issued left; treasury seal stamped on back; issued January 15, 1862. February 2, 1863. 9,980 notes issued 30,000 notes issued $20 note with an allegorical Moneta seated with $10 note with allegorical figure of Ceres in the treasure in center; treasury seal stamped on center; treasury seal stamped on front; issued back; issued April 6, 1864. January 15, 1862. 75,000 notes issued 54,000 notes issued $5 note with James Oglethorpe, founder of $4 note with an allegorical Moneta seated with Georgia in the center; treasury seal stamped treasure in the center; slaves harvesting cotton; on back; issued January 15, 1862. treasury seal on front; issued January 1, 1864. 200,000 notes issued 25,000 notes issued $3 note with allegorical Minerva; horses and $2 note with steam-powered blockade runner in farm animals in the center; treasury seal the center; treasury seal stamped on front; stamped on front; issued January 1, 1864. issued January 1, 1864. 50,000 notes issued 99,000 notes issued $1 note with train in the center; treasury seal 50 Cent fractional note; treasury seal stamped on front; issued January 1, 1863. stamped on front; issued January 1, 1863. 196,000 notes issued 620,500 notes issued 25 Cent fractional note; treasury seal 15 Cent fractional note; no treasury stamped on front; issued January 1, 1863. seal; issued January 1, 1863. 898,900 notes issued 66,600 notes issued 10 Cent fractional note; no treasury 5 Cent fractional note; no treasury seal; issued January 1, 1863. seal; issued January 1, 1863. 464,000 notes issued 403,200 notes issued *All notes shown smaller than actual size. |
Forget, hell!
Reserved for CSA $500 note. |
