$20 CSA Note

[vmicraig]

I was looking at one of my CSA notes today and never really looked closely at the details until recently. From handwritten serial numbers and signatures, to the fine detail of the engravings, they really were printed with care, and still hold up well today. Of course, the CSA didn't have the machinery or resources to strike their own coins, so paper currency was issued from 1861 forward. Confederate currency was issued in denominations as low as .50 upward to $1,000.00.

 

[Larryh86GT]

Your note has retained a lot of it's color.

 

[JOHN42768]

Did you see the recent posting regarding the signing of the notes? https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-confederacys-treasury-girls.167176/#post-2177924

 

[vmicraig]

Did you see the recent posting regarding the signing of the notes? https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-confederacys-treasury-girls.167176/#post-2177924

Interesting. The bill is clearly printed "For Register" and For Treasurer", which from what your post reads, means they were likely signed by the Treasury girls

 

[Rhea Cole]

Stephens always looks like he is cooling on a slab.

 

[Pollaco]

I often wondered who got the final say so on the design of the bills? What does Stephens and Nashville have in common? But some of the bills were very ornate.

 

[DaveBrt]

I often wondered who got the final say so on the design of the bills? What does Stephens and Nashville have in common? But some of the bills were very ornate.

Many of the designs, especially early, were common designs and used because they were available.

 

[Pollaco]

Many of the designs, especially early, were common designs and used because they were available.

True enough and I agree but who decided? Some designs got used, some didn't. But someone had to give the nod as to which design got the okay to either go into production or got the veto and had to stay in the "common- but- not -used -yet-design bin". Could it have been up to the Secretary of the Treasury himself?

 

[3rd North Carolina]

thats a very nice note

 

[redbob]

The South's Bonds were a work of art also.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Interesting. The bill is clearly printed "For Register" and For Treasurer", which from what your post reads, means they were likely signed by the Treasury girls

The note is original. The very first issue of February 17, 1864 issue $20 notes in the serial number range 69801 thru 80300 were signed by Miss M.J. Black "for Register" and Miss McCants "For Treasurer" according to Raphael P. Thian's post-war Register of the Confederate Debt.

 

[Pollaco]

The $20.00 in this issue has many similarities to the $20.00 of the April 6,1863 issue. Had the next issue ( March 18, 1865) not been vetoed do you suppose similar designs would have been kept?

 

[Copperhead-mi]

The $20.00 in this issue has many similarities to the $20.00 of the April 6,1863 issue. Had the next issue ( March 18, 1865) not been vetoed do you suppose similar designs would have been kept?

No doubt they would have remained the same. In fact all of the $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 5th issue denominations of 1862 were identical to the 1863 6th issue denominations and the 1864 7th issue denominations with the exception that the 1864 $10 note replaced the vignette of South Carolina's capitol building with a vignette portraying the soldiers on horse drawn cannon and a new $500 note with the vignette of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was added to the lineup.