1862 Confederate States of America $100 note

1862 Confederate States of America $100 note

Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School

Printed on white paper in black ink. Images include female figure carrying a basket on her head; a steamship; telegraph lines; people standing by railroad cars. Verso: blank except for three interest paid stamps dating 1863, 1864, and 1865.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
Materials/Techniques: paper
Dimensions: 8.2 x 19.7 cm.


General: Serial number: "A c". ; Note in manuscript: issue number "149" in red ink; date "May 5 1862" and signatures of the Register and Treasurer in brown ink. ; Verso: note in manuscript: three interest paid stamps "INTEREST PAID TO 1ST JANUARY 1863 AT RICHMOND., INTEREST PAID TO 1ST JANUARY 1864 AT RICHMOND. INTEREST PAID TO 1ST JANUARY 1865 AT RICHMOND."
Subject: Civil War era currency
Inscription: "Six Months after the Ratification of a Treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Will pay One Hundred Dollars to bearer with Interest at two cents per day. Richmond. RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL DUES EXCEPT EXPORT DUTIES".