Confederate Bank Note Collection

• During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued its own paper currency as an alternative to United States currency.

• The last Confederate $10 bill was first issued in March 1864, during the final year of the Civil War.

• It features a vignette on the front showing Confederate soldiers on horseback pulling a cannon into battle.

• Also shown is Robert M. Hunter, who was Confederate Secretary of State in the early stages of the Civil War from 1861 to 1862.  He was also a member of the Confederate Senate from 1862 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

• The back is blue.  It features the denomination and elaborate designs.

• As proof of its authenticity, each Confederate $10 bill was hand-signed and hand-numbered on the front by Confederate officials.

• The note was printed by Keatinge and Ball in Columbia, South Carolina, and was cut from the original sheet by hand due to a lack of machinery in the South to cut the notes.

• The Confederate $20 bill featuring the state capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee was first issued in late 1862 and was last authorized by the Confederate government in early 1864.

• In addition to the building, the front also shows a portrait of Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens.  The back is blue.  It features the denomination and elaborate designs.

• It is the large size of about 7 inches x 3 inches (much larger than today’s currency).

• Due to the lack of elaborate bank note paper in the South during the Civil War, the note was printed on regular paper.

• At the end of the Civil War in 1865, all Confederate currency was demonetized, and much of it was destroyed.  Only a fraction survived, and those in top condition – like this note – are the most treasured.

• This is an authentic piece of Civil War history that is now 150 years old.

• It is protectively encapsulated in a custom wallet and comes with a description of the designs and a history of Confederate currency.