State of Georgia five dollar bill
date: label: Date
content: April 6, 1864; reworked 1958
name: label: Designed by
content: Howell, American
label: Subject of
content: Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: State of Georgia five dollar bill adhered to a brown rectangular piece of paper. The front of the currency has a central image of a Grecian woman lounging against a box overlooking a pile of goods, a Grecian temple, and woods. Above, printed in large letters, is the place and date when the currency was made, [MILLEDGEVILLE, / APRIL 6TH 1864. / THE STATE OF GEORGIA]. Under the vignette is the inscription, [PAY TO THE BEARER FIVE DOLLARS AT HER TREASURY]. At the bottom, the note is signed on the left by [J. M. Beall/ for Compr. Genl.] and on the right by, [R. M. Cartellaw for Treas]. In the center of the signatures is a five pointed star with rays shooting out and written above, [REGISTERED]. Underneath Beall's signature is the designer, [HOWELL. ENGR.] The left and right edge of the currency has a border that is densely patterned surrounding the numbers, [5 / V / 5] printed vertically. Much of the right border is missing. The back of the brown paper is blank except for the handwritten inscription, [OSSM / 1956 / MBW].
place: label: Place made
content: Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, 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: 2017.108.9.2
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 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (9.5 × 19.1 cm)