Confederate States of America Bonds, 1862-1863.

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Confederate States of America Bonds, 1862-1863.

One thousand dollar bond, no. 3051, issued 20 Jan. 1863. Five hundred dollar bond, no. 377, issued 8 Oct. 1862. One thousand dollar bond, no. 503, issued 8 October 1862. All three were signed by Ro. Tyler as Register of the Treasury.

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Lynchburg Public Library

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...