Confederate States of America, $20 note, April 6th, 1863 Engraver: Keatinge and Ball (Columbia, S.C.)
Manufacturer: Confederate States of America
Lithographer: Evans & Cogswell

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1863

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Dimensions

75 × 175 mm (7.5 × 17.5 cm)

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.52132

Geography

Made in Richmond, Virginia

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: FUNDABLE IN STOCKS OR BONDS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES; TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE CONFEDERATE STATES & THE UNITED STATES; THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA WILL PAY TWENTY DOLLARS TO THE BEARER ON COMMAND; RECEIVABLE IN PYAMENT OF ALL DUES EXCEPT EXPORT DUTIES; State capitol in Nashville, Tennessee in center; portrait of Alexander Stephens in bottom right corner; XX in top right corner; TWENTY on left side; black ink

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: 20 XX 20; blue ink
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

money, paper money

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