Confederate Currency, Monticello Bank, Two Dollars, 1861
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Confederate currency during the Civil War was anything but uniform -- it had various designs, numerous issuers, and was redeemable for payment in different ways. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes. And individual states and cities issued their own paper currency, too. This decentralized Confederate monetary system reflected Southern values -- Southerners prized states' rights over a strong central government.
Confederate currency during the Civil War was anything but uniform -- it had various designs, numerous issuers, and was redeemable for payment in different ways. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes. And individual states and cities issued their own paper currency, too. This decentralized Confederate monetary system reflected Southern values -- Southerners prized states' rights over a strong central government.
Artifact
Paper money
Date Made
1861
Subject Date
01 May 1861
Creators
Monticello Bank (Charlottesville, Va.)
Place of Creation
United States, Virginia, Charlottesville
United States, Virginia, Richmond
Creator Notes
Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig in Richmond, Virginia for The Monticello Bank, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.594.55
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Annie E. Weller
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
In part recto: CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA / MAY 1ST 1861 / NO. 4772 / THE MONTICELLO BANK / PROMISE TO PAY TO BEARER / TWO DOLLARS / Hoyer & Ludwig Richmond Va.
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