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The Civil War
US Civil War Currency


 NORTH CAROLINA


71406 - NORTH CAROLINA, $50
, 1863, Vignette of Governor Zebulon Vance, red overprint, about EF, nice and crisp............................
$145.00


VIRGINIA

71407 - STATE OF VIRGINIA, $10, 1861, Virginia Treasury note, Liberty standing left, large "10". About uncirculated with only the slightest trace of handling.........................$195.00

71408 - STATE OF VIRGINIA, $10, 1862, Virginia Treasury note, Liberty seated. "Water marked TEN". Crisp, uncirculated, bright green.............................$175.00


71409 - STATE OF VIRGINIA, $50
, 1862, Three females seated, orange L overprint. Crisp, uncirculated...........................
$195.00


GEORGIA

61112 - THE STEAM ENGINE "GENERAL", THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE - THE ANDREW'S RAID, Often described as "The Great Locomotive Chase" when 22 Union Volunteers on the night of April 12th, 1862, went deep into Confederate Territory and captured a S engine named "THE GENERAL" belonging to the Western and Atlantic Railroad in Atlanta. The purpose of the raid was to cut the ties between Chattanooga and Marietta, GA. They headed north after the capture of the steam engine General and stopped every few miles to cut telegraph lines and lay ties on the tracks while heading to Chattanooga. They were pursued by the Confederates in the engine "TEXAS". The General ran out of fuel after about 90 miles and the raiders and their leader Andrews were captured. Andrews and seven others were executed in Atlanta, fourteen others were imprisoned. Eight escaped in October 1862 and the remaining were paroled in 1863. The six paroled were the first to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. The banknotes listed were issued by that railroad in 1862 in Atlanta. 25 cent note, very fine..........................$26.00      Uncirculated...........................$40.00         50 cent note, uncirculated...........................$40.00      $1.00 note, larger than others, uncirculated.....................................$55.00


SOUTH CAROLINA

830 - SLAVES LOADING A WAGON, Bank of South Carolina, $1.00, 1862. Red ONE overprint, nice large slave related vignette. Fine.................................$49.00

831 - SLAVE LEADING AN OXEN TEAM, Farmers Exchange Bank of Charleston, 1855. Popular vignette of a Slave with an oxen team. Fine.............................$49.00


LOUISIANA


71410 - STATE OF LOUISIANA, $20
, 1863, Vignette of Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard, red op, very fine............................
$145.00

71411 - STATE OF LOUISIANA, $50, 1863, Vignette of Confederate General Leonidas Polk, very fine...........................$145.00     EF..................................$175.00


71412 - STATE OF LOUISIANA, $100
, 1863, Vignette of Confederate Governor Thomas Moore of Louisiana. Very fine +....................
$175.00

60609 - LOUISIANA, PARISH OF CADDO, $1.00 Parish Script, December 1862, Shreveport, LA. A very scarce Parish note seldom seen for sale under $1000! Very good with a triangular old repair to the left margin with a small piece from another note. A nice representative specimen and a reasonable price..............................$695.00

832 - CONFEDERATE RAILROAD SCARCE DENOMINATION, $1.50, 1861. The New Orleans Jackson & Great Northern Railroad. Large train vignette, very fine....................................$59.00

CONFEDERATE NOTES


833 - CONFEDERATE STATES
, T - 9, 1861, $20.00. Sailing ship, one of the first notes issued, July 1861 by the CSA. Fine, scarce note....................................
$125.00

834 - CONFEDERATE STATES, T - 30, 1861, $10.00. Francis Marion's Sweet Potato Dinner, nice vignette. Very fine.......................................$79.00


835 - CONFEDERATE STATES
, T - 39, 1862, $100.00. Large train, maiden. Fine to very fine........................................
$75.00


836 - CONFEDERATE STATES
, T - 52, 1862, $10.00. Capital at Columbia, SC. Bright rose note, abt XF........................................
$79.00

SPECIAL BUY

837 - CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPERS, Issues of 1861 from the New Orleans Delta and New Orleans Crescent. All multi-paged issues during the first year of the War. Some blemishes, but all decent examples and complete. Only........................................$65.00/each     LIMIT 5


CURRENCY FORCED BY GEN. BUTLER IN JUNE 1862 IN NEW ORLEANS

789 - BANK OF LOUISIANA $10.00, 1860, Two maidens, steamboat, stamped "Forced Issue". Extremely fine, strong stamp.....................................$150.00

790 - BANK OF LOUISIANA $20.00, 1862, Bank building, exceptional stamp "Forced Issue". Very fine - excellent fine, choice note, scarcer denomination................................$150.00

791 - BANK OF LOUISIANA $50.00, 1853, Seated figure on cotton bales, stamped "Forced Issue", very fine...........................................$175.00

792 - BANK OF LOUISIANA, $100, 1862, Two females seated, blue overprint 100. Extremely fine, a rare issue, stamped "Forced Issue".....................................$195.00

793 - BANK OF LOUISIANA, $100, 1856, Indian and train, stamped "Forced Issue", choice very fine, a rare issue of high denomination.................................$195.00


Due to the shortage of small change in the early years of the War, the Government experimented with encased postage and then settled in fractional notes to alleviate the coin shortage. We offer a nice selection of the different issues.

60-534  3 CENTS, Series of 1863, George Washington in oval, F #1226. Extremely fine.............................$65.00

60-535  5 CENTS, Series of 1862, Thomas Jefferson on a single postage stamp, shades of brown, F #1230. Extremely fine...................$55.00  Crisp, uncirculated...................$75.00

60-536  10 CENTS, Series of 1862, George Washington on a single postage stamp. Green shades of ink, F #1242. About uncirculated.................$69.00  Crisp, uncirculated..........$79.00

60-538  10 CENTS, Series of 1863, Washington within oval, F #1255. Four gold 10's, printed signature of Spinner, circulated.......................$75.00  F #1256, circulated.....................$75.00

60-539  10 CENTS, Series of 1863, Miss Liberty, large red seal, F #1259. Printed signature of Spinner. Extremely fine...........................$49.00

60-540  25 CENTS, Series of 1862, Jefferson on five postage stamps. Brown hues, F #1281. Extremely fine........................$79.00  AU..................$85.00

60-541  25 CENTS, Series of 1863, Fessenden vignette. Printed signature of Spinner. Very fine........................$59.00

60-542  50 CENTS, Series of 1862, F #1312, Washington on five postal stamps. Green hues of ink. Fine to very fine..................$55.00  Fine................$69.00  Extremely fine................$75.00

60-543  50 CENTS, Series of 1863, Washington within an oval, dock scene. Gold oval surrounds Washington, F #1317. Fine to very fine................$55.00  Very Fine..............$59.00

60-544  50 CENTS, Series of 1863, large vignette of Lincoln. Red seal, printed signature of Spinner, F #1374. Scarce issue, very fine.......................$110.00  

60-545  50 CENTS, Series of 1866, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Red seal, printed signature of Stanton, F #1376. Nice; very fine, scarce.......................$79.00

Civil War Merchant Script Notes

60-546  CIVIL WAR STEAMBOAT NOTES, Key Port & Middletown Point Steamboat Co., Farmers and Merchant Bank, Middletown, NJ. 1862, vignette of steamboat (a) 5 cent note, circulated...................$30.00  (b) 25 cent note, circulated.................$30.00  (c) 50 cent note, circulated...................$35.00

60-547  SUMMIT COUNTY BANK, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 1862, (a) 10 cent note, train vignette, circulated................$25.00  (b) 25 cent note, deer, circulated.................$30.00




 
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