Confederate States of America, $5 note, 17th February, 1864 Engraver: Keatinge and Ball (Columbia, S.C.)
Manufacturer: Confederate States of America
Magistrate: for Register Mrs. M Pleasants
Magistrate: for Treasurer Miss V M Tyler

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1864

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Paper

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.31296

Geography

Made in Richmond, Virginia

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: /TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN TEH CONFEDERATE STATES AND THE UNITED STATES/ above an image of a house on a plantation. This is above /THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA/WILL PAY/TO BEARER FIVE DOLLARS./ RICHMOND 5/ FEBRUARY 17TH 1864. /FIVE/ is written vertically on the left side of the note, and 5 is printed on scrollwork on the top right corner. In the bottom left corner, there is a bust l.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: FIVE is written in scrollwork on the blue background. FIVE in type is in the top and bottom centres of the note. 5 in scrollwork is in each corner of the note.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

dollars (paper money), money, paper money

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