Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 422

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. Group of nine Confederate bank-notes, various denominations from Georgia and Alabama. Size and condition varies, should be seen Vp, circa 1863-1865

Additional Details

Many of these bank-notes, like those of the Central Bank of Alabama or the Commerce Bank of Alabama bear the image of African Americans. Once scorned as being "common" and to all intents and purposes worthless, Confederate money has become scarce and quite "collectible."