Confederate Currency
All of these bills are just reproductions that you can buy at any of the museums that you may go to. However, I just wanted to show the art work on the bills. So students and adults can so see what the money looked like back in the 1800s.
The Confederate States of America dollar was first issued into circulation in April of 1861 when the Confederacy was only two months old on the eve of the outbreak of the Civil War. The total amount of currency issued under the various acts of the Confederate Congress totaled $1.7 billion. Bills were released in 72 different note "types" in seven "series" between 1861 and 1865.
When the Confederacy ceased to exist as a political entity at the end of the conflict, the money lost all value as fiat currency. Southern states and banks could issue their own notes, and counterfeiting was a major problem for the Confederacy. Many of these contemporary counterfeits are known today and can be worth as much to a collector as a real note. So people learn what is real and not real if you are out there buying these bills.
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