Confederate States of America ten dollar bill
date: label: Date
content: February 17, 1864
name: label: Subject of
content: Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, American, 1809 - 1887
label: Printed by
content: Walker, Evans & Co., American, 1855 - 1982
label: Designed by
content: Keatinge & Ball, American, 1861 - 1864
label: Subject of
content: Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Confederate States of America ten dollar bill featuring a central illustration of a war scene. Men in uniform are at center riding horses while in the background soldiers stand near a cannon on wheels. More fighting can be seen in the back right. On either side of the illustration are two dark shields with the inscriptions, [TWO YEARS AFTER / THE RATIFICATION OF A / TREATY OF PEACE / BETWEEN] and on the right, [THE CONFEDERATE / STATES / AND THE / UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA.] The identifying number of the bill is printed and handwritten below on both sides of the illustration, [No. / 44931]. Underneath the illustration, printed in large block letters is the inscription, [THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / Will pay / TEN DOLLARS TO / Bearer. / RICHMOND / February 17th 1864. / 10]. The bottom is signed on the left by [[illegible] for Regr.] and on the right by, [[illegible] for Treasr.]. Below Coffin's signature is inscribed the engravers, [Keatinge & Ball, Columbia S.C.]. The left edge of the currency has a border that is densely patterned surrounding the word, [TEN] printed vertically. Along the inner edge of the border are the printers’ name, [Ptd. by Evans & Cogswell.] On the right is a heavily decorated scalloped edge circle with the number [10] in the center. Below in an oval is a portrait of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter. There is staining at all four corners showing where the note had previously been adhered to something. The back of the note is all in blue ink. On each corner of the rectangular shape are decorative concentric designed circles with the number [10] in the center. The word [TEN] is in bold lettering with horizontal stripes at the center of the note. There is some dark staining on the bottom right.
place: label: Place made
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Coins and Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.9.15
objectType: label: Type
content: money
label: Type
content: American paper money
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 × 7 in. (7.6 × 17.8 cm)