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Confederate States of America, first issue (1861)[edit]

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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a set). First issue of the Confederate States of America dollar under the Act of March 9, 1861 (and amended August 3, 1861). Notes are printed on the front only.
Original
A six-note set of the first issue of Confederate banknotes.
Articles in which these images appear
Confederate States of America dollar (all), John C. Calhoun, Edward C. Elmore, Minerva, List of United States Presidents on currency
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Ordered by the Confederate States of America; Engraved and printed by the National Bank Note Company (T1-4) and the Southern Bank Note Company (T5-6)
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.
  • Support as nominatorGodot13 (talk) 05:54, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support (drooling) but don't we have an older scan that will need to be delisted? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:29, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't think so. The existing FP is a T-41 $100, different issue date (which could be seen as a variety), but this one is also a different design type.--Godot13 (talk) 16:41, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — Historical EV. Interesting that Washington is on the $50. Sca (talk) 14:19, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - As usual, FP material in every respect. Yes, interesting images -- never figured to see slaves on currency, not that they shouldn't be, I guess. I suppose such recognition could be considered both an insult or a compliment, depending. This is a $50 note also -- is this the reverse side of the $50 note depicting Washington?-- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:32, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • As Godot says, there were no reverses. That's a different design type. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:50, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, Hafspajen (talk) 11:46, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support After hearing that strangely common "but it turned out to be worthless Confederate money!" plot device on television as a kid, after a while I remember thinking "But isn't that worth something for historic value?" - isn't it weird how tropes can stick on long past any reasonable expiration date? Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - There is writing in pencil in the lower corner of some of the notes. Could this be edited out? - P. S. Burton (talk) 14:14, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • These are objects in a Smithsonian collection. The notations are mostly accession numbers. Removing them would create an image that was not a true representation of the object (as the numbers are likely to never be removed from the originals).-Godot13 (talk) 20:52, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, This Is How I Like The US History But I Did Achieve This Up.-National Names 2000 (talk) 02:51, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:CSA-T1-$1000-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T2-$500-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T3-$100-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T4-$50-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T5-$100-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:CSA-T6-$50-1861.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]