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- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Ten Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Ten Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Fifty Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Fifty Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Bond, Four Thousand Dollars, 1864 - In March 1865, John Clarke Sinton transferred this $4,000 bond to Jane Clarke, likely the widow of one of his relatives. Sinton had served as estate trustee; these funds were probably part of Jane's husband's estate. $4,000 may seem like a lot of money -- but in 1865 it didn't buy much. With Confederate surrender a month later, the bond became worthless.
- 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Bond, Four Thousand Dollars, 1864
In March 1865, John Clarke Sinton transferred this $4,000 bond to Jane Clarke, likely the widow of one of his relatives. Sinton had served as estate trustee; these funds were probably part of Jane's husband's estate. $4,000 may seem like a lot of money -- but in 1865 it didn't buy much. With Confederate surrender a month later, the bond became worthless.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Hundred Dollars, 1864 - By the end of the Civil War, the cost of living in the South was 9,000% greater than it had been before the war started. A cake of soap could sell for $50 and an ordinary suit of clothes for $2,700. Once the war was lost, millions of Southerners were left holding piles of worthless Confederate paper currency.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Hundred Dollars, 1864
By the end of the Civil War, the cost of living in the South was 9,000% greater than it had been before the war started. A cake of soap could sell for $50 and an ordinary suit of clothes for $2,700. Once the war was lost, millions of Southerners were left holding piles of worthless Confederate paper currency.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- February 17, 1864
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, Five Dollars, 1864
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, One Dollar, 1863 - When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.
- April 06, 1863
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Currency, Confederate States of America, One Dollar, 1863
When the Civil War broke out, the newly formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes in 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations. Some were interest-bearing notes, others not.