Confederate States of America fifty dollar bill
date: label: Date
content: February 17, 1864
name: label: Subject of
content: Jefferson Davis, American, 1808 - 1889
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 fifty dollar bill featuring a central image of Jefferson Davis. Inscribed in cursive above the illustration is the sentence, [Two Years after the / Ratification of a Treaty / of Peace between the / Confederate States / and the / United States]. Underneath in bold lettering are the words, [THE CONFEDERATE]. The identifying number of the bill is printed below on both sides of the illustration, [No. / 34447]. Below in bold lettering again, [STATES OF/ AMERICA/ Will pay to the / bearer on demand / FIFTY / DOLLARS / Richmond, Feb. 17th 1864.] The bottom is signed on the left by [R Dabunt / FOR REGISTER] and on the right by, [N Selden / FOR TREASURER]. In between the signatures is inscribed the engravers, [Keatinge & Ball, Columbia S.C.]. On the top right and left is a heavily designed circle with the number [50] in the center. Surrounding the entire note is a border of the words, [FIFTY] and [50]. The four corners of the note are stained where it 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 [50] in the center. The word [FIFTY] is in bold lettering with horizontal stripes at the center of the note. Handwritten on the left border veritically in graphite is the number, [$830.50].
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: 2017.108.9.17
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 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (8.4 × 18.7 cm)