Original Confederate $5.00 bill from Richmond, VA, dated February 17 1864 (SOLD,TA)

This is another nice piece being offered, it is an original Confederate States of America $5.00 bill issued in 1864. This is the style that has the Confederate Capitol at Richmond, Virginia in the center of the note. In the lower right-hand side is the likeness of C.G. Memminger who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury and was the key man in production of Confederate paper money.

It has the February 17th, 1864 issue date printed on the note as well as the capitol of Richmond marking. The note is correctly hand-signed and numbered. This note was printed on plain paper with pink and black ink on the front and blue ink on the back. This is the pattern known to collectors as T-69 in Criswell book on Confederate Currency. The note was printed by Keatinge & Ball of Columbia, South Carolina.

During the Civil War, the Confederates States of America printed their own paper money between 1861 and 1864. The bill has been circulated throughout the war but is still complete. It would make a nice addition to any Civil War collection.