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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 ...
And if you have old Confederate bills stashed away, their value could surprise you -- and it might be... Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
A complete typeset of the Confederate States dollar banknotes (1861–1864) Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2015 at 18:42:25 (UTC)
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.
The 1950 $100 Bill Of all the bills that are valuable and still in somewhat feasible circulation, the 1950 $100 is the most commonly used bill today. It’s rare in that it features a detailed ...
Although the term "three dollar bill" is widely used to denote something phony, the U.S. government was actually thinking of producing one in 1862. ... Like $500 bills, 1928 $5,000 bills are ...
Counterfeiting Confederate currency bills as souvenirs during the Civil War Samuel Curtis Upham (February 2, 1819 – June 29, 1885) was an American journalist, lyricist, merchant, bookkeeper, clerk, navy officer, prospector, and counterfeiter, during the later part of the 19th century, sometimes, known as "Honest Sam Upham".
View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation Fire of 1865 Lithograph depicting the Evacuation Fire (Currier & Ives, 1865). Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 8, 1861, before that date the capital had been Montgomery, Alabama.