Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
HRHS-038 |
Collection |
Civil War Currency Collection |
Scope & Content |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Confederate currency was printed by The Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains miscellaneous Civil War currency, Civil War currency reproductions, and Civil War Bearer Bonds. COLLECTION INVENTORY: Folder 1: -4 Rockingham County bills, 50 cents each (1862) (donated by Casey and Kathy Billhimer) -3 confederate bills, 50 cents, $50, and $100 (1861, 1864) (donated by Charles P. Blackley) -2 confederate bills, 10 cents, 50 cents (1862, 1863) (donated by Mary Ann Grigg) -2 confederate bills; $10 and $20 (1864) (donated by Robert E. Weaver) -12 Reproductions of bank notes (1862, 1863, 1864) for South Carolina, West Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas , Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, (donated by Aurelia Gambrill) Folder 2: -60 Miscellaneous Confederate bills, (1861-1864), (donated by the Harris Estate) -Confederate bill for $1 from Rockingham County, (1861) (donated by James V. Reilly) -Confederate bill for $20, (1864) (donated by Dorothy L. Sites) -The County of Augusta bill, 15 cents (1862) (donated by Carolyn Slabaugh) -Seven confederate bills: 3 for 25 cents (1861, 1862); 50 cents (1862); 3 for $2 (1861, 1862) (donated by Dr. and Mrs. Emmett Bittinger) Folder 3: -2 Confederate bills, 10 cents from Rockingham County, and 3 cents from The Farmers & Miller's Depot, (donated by William G. O'Brien). These bills are enclosed in Plexiglas Folder 4 (OV): -Confederate States of America, $500 Bearer Bond, 1863, with interest vouchers attached -Confederate States of America, $500 Bearer Bond, 1864, with interest vouchers attached -2 Confederate States of America, $500 each Bearer Bonds, No. 19411 and 19414, March 1863, interest vouchers attached (donated by Robert E. Weaver) |
Donor |
Billhimer Family, Charles P. Blackley, Mary Ann Grigg, & various others |
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