Confederate Bond, Fifteen Hundred Dollars, 1864
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Artifact Overview
To help raise money, the Confederate States of America issued bonds. Early in the Civil War, these bonds seemed a worthwhile, even patriotic, investment to the Southerners who bought them. The war was going well for the Confederacy and the bonds promised a tidy profit in interest. At war's end, Southerners were left holding now worthless Confederate bonds.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Bond (Negotiable instrument)
Date Made
1864
Subject Date
1864
Creator Notes
Issued by the Confederate States of America Treasury and printed by Evans & Cogswell in Columbia, South Carolina.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.1104.1827.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 8.75 in
Width: 14 in
Inscriptions
Recto, in part: $1,500 / IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT / THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / NO. 5811 / ARE INDEBTED UNTO A. L. Marshall / ... / Fifteen Hundred Dollars / ... / 1864 / EVANS & COGSWELL LITH COLUMBIA
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