The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-21
CONFEDERATE
CURRENCY
Valuable Information Con-
corning the Notes Issued.
THE BEST COLLECTION
North Carolina Has It, including All
Rare Specmens-Where and How
the Printing Was Done-Anec-
dotes and "reminiscences.

Raleigh Letter in the Charlotte Observer.
This state Owls a complete collection
az Confederate money. which Is arranged
eccordinsI to date Of issue and framed.
nnd which attracts great deal OF atten-
/ ton somo OF the bills being OF great
beauty and extremely scarce. In 'act'
Rthe FIRST issue of bills has for more thnn
thirty years been held Mt high nGnres.
IA number of counterfeits OF Confederate
money of the rarer varieties have been
made. Tho first issue has been counter
foitod at least twice.
z Tho first issue was engraved BY the
I National Bank Note Company, OIL ne"
gSnrl and embraces four bills, these be-
inr. all dated at Montgomery, Aia,, "i,Sh
was the first seat OF government; . 10
dates are jim all cases written Win ihN
and not printed. and all four piils are
interest bearing. The issues arc or Tue
value of $780, 800, $500 and $1,000 ana the the
total amount was not very great. lnc
government. upon removal TO hlcillloiu'
+ c,lled in these bills and DESTROYED or cam
= called nearly all OF them. The 500 may
10 taken as an example of all. The en-
rrnyinE IS extremely handsome. INC PIC
ture Is that of three negroes ut work on
the farm, two with hoes, another Win
basket. the background being southern
mansion The bill is payable twelve
months after date, and the inscription
saws: "The Confederate States of Amer
Zeal will pay to bearer fifty dollars, Win
interest at half a cent day, INC date
Of this bill is May II. 1867, and 1t is signed
Hbv Alex. B. Clitheroe, register, ana u y.
Fillmore treasurer. The body OF the bill
lis black and green, and tho figures MY
arc many times repeated i'll circles ana IN
abapds At tho bottom of the bill are tho
words, National Bank Notc Company
q "a ~. a,;f, lat and lift
white and on it is this endorsement:
1..Issued July 5, 1861: Thomas *. Jackson,
Captain, c. s. A." written in red Ink.
On the 500 bill is n train of cars, on tho
500 a rural scene. and on tho sl,ooo
picture of the capitol at Montgomery.
The first regular issue of bills was made
II at Richmond, and began with two bills
engraved by the Southern Bank Note
Company, OF New Orleans. These are al
most, If not quite, equal, both IN design
and execution, to those issued by the
National Bank Note Company. Tho dates
in these arc not printed but are written
In. and on both the specimens shown the
date is August IS. 1861. The $50 Bill has
IL, the cerInf two. females. personlfyinB
liberty aud jaStice, while the 500 bill has
an engine and train of cars In the CEN
ter; on the right and left figures emblem
attic of wisdom and justice. These bills
bear the name Richmond In large letters,
while on the side is the namc Of tho
Southern Bank Note Company. of New
Orleans.
RICHMOND PRINTS.
Tho other bills of tho first Issue at
Richmond are very plain and are with
one exception limitations of English bank
notes. This exception is n s. bill engraved
at New Orleans by J. ManueNrlng, wiLl'
Very large letters FIVE across its left
end The date is written with Ink in this
finely designed bill and fs July 18th, 1861
There are five bills of the issue OF july
18th, 1861, IN imitation of English ban'
notes. The SIS has a female seated or
bales. sort of shield in front, bearing
the figure 8. while an eagle standing will
wings outspread, Is TO her left, Tho Sl'
has an emblcmailc picture Of the Confed'
eracy, represented by female leaning