20 Dollar Printing Plate, Confederate States of America, 1861
date: label: date made
content: 1861
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 20 dollar printing plate
label: Description (Brief)
content: Confederate States of America, 1861
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Seated woman with children and a portrait of a man.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 20 / XX / CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / TWENTY / TWENTY DOLLARS
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description
content: Notes are made using printing plates, which are coated with ink and pressed into special paper, leaving behind a design that is intended to be easy to recognize but difficult to forge. Early printing plates were made from copper, like this one from 1861. It was used to print Confederate currency during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Confederate States of America
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0016.012
label: accession number
content: 2014.0016
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0016.012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printing plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.9 cm x 20.5 cm x .1 cm; 3 1/2 in x 8 1/16 in x 1/32 in