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Confederate Treasury Notes were ultimately issued in 50¢, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, and $1,000 denominations with a variety of designs, issuers, and redeemable obligations. The amount of currency issued under the various acts of the Confederate Congress totaled $1 .7 billion.
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By one calculation Upham's notes made up between 1 and 2.5 percent of all of the Confederate money supply between June 1862 and August 1863. [7] Jefferson Davis placed a $10,000 bounty on Upham, though the "Yankee Scoundrel", as he was known in the South, evaded capture by Southern agents. [3]
A $50 banknote from North Carolina, printed in 1863 and in circulation until 1864. The Confederate State of North Carolina issued currency during the years 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1864. The most recent state currency issue prior to this were the Colonial American banknotes issued during the 18th century. Many North Carolina banks also issued ...
A good condition, uncirculated $1 radar could sell for about $25 — or even more than $100. If only the end two digits are different (like 27777772), you’ve got a super radar, which is much ...
Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. [ 1 ] They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, [ 1 ] and United States Notes, issued in 1862–1865. [ 2 ] A form of fiat money, the notes were legal tender for most purposes and carried ...
An advocate of secession, Lucy Holcombe Pickens was the only woman to be depicted on the currency of the Confederate States of America (three issues of the $100 CSA bill and one issue of the $1 CSA bill, which were printed in Columbia, South Carolina). She was also featured on one issue of $1,000 CSA loan certificates.
The main prewar agricultural products of the Confederate States were cotton, tobacco, and sugarcane, with hogs, cattle, grain and vegetable plots. Pre-war agricultural production estimated for the Southern states is as follows (Union states in parentheses for comparison): 1.7 million horses (3.4 million), 800,000 mules (100,000), 2.7 million dairy cows (5 million), 5 million sheep (14 million ...