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Confederate President Jefferson Davis asked private citizens to restore the value of the Confederate dollar by mutually agreeing to sell and buy items only at reduced prices. [4] In October 1863, Confederate States Senator Louis Wigfall of Texas said that a Confederate soldier received $11 per month in pay, which was worth the same as $1 had ...
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Official $20 bill prototype featuring Harriet Tubman. In a campaign called "Women on 20s", selected voters were asked to choose three of 15 female candidates to have a portrait on the $20 bill. The goal was to have a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. [13]
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Twenty Confederate States dollar (T19), by the Southern Bank Note Company Twenty Confederate States dollar (T20) , by B. Duncan Twenty Confederate States dollar (T21) , by Keatinge & Ball
After the New York banks suspended specie payments (quickly followed by Boston and Philadelphia) [11] the premium on gold rose from 1–3% over paper in early January 1862 to 9% over paper in June 1862, [10] by which time one paper dollar was worth 91.69 cents in gold. [10]
Like the previous $10,000 bill, these bills produced in 1928 and 1934 also bear the likeness of Salmon P. Chase on the front. However, the back of the bill simply says, “The United States of ...