1 Dollar, Confederate States of America, 1862
date: label: Date made
content: 1863
label: Date made
content: 1862
label: date made
content: gre 1862
name: label: maker
content: Confederate States of America
notes: label: Description
content: Dated December 2, 1862, this note was almost completely worn out by the time someone got around to strengthening it with a piece of newspaper. Why would they have bothered? We know that the repair was done in 1864, because the newspaper fragment mentions Andrew Johnson, who had been chosen to be Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the upcoming Northern elections.
label: Description
content: By 1864, a Confederate dollar bill was worth very much less than a dollar, because most people could see the bleakness of Southern prospects. But money was money, and beyond its value as a means of exchange, it represented the hopes and dreams of an aspiring nation. Apparently, this bill mattered enough for someone to go to the trouble of patching it up and sending it on its way.
label: Description
content: But look closely: they used a Northern newspaper. If such a publication were common enough to be recycled in this way, then matters were dire indeed. Night was closing in on the Confederacy, and on its money. Both were departing the realm of real events, moving into the realm of legend.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Virginia, Richmond
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins
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content: Numismatics
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Legendary Coins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (through John W. Carlin)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0063.0047
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0063.0047
label: accession number
content: 1998.0063
label: serial number
content: 111--3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paper Money
label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, pink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink, black (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: newspaper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 mm x 180 mm; 3 in x 7 1/16 in