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- Jan 12, 2016
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This is slightly pre-Civil War, around 1852 issue, though it was likely circulating during the war. I bought it locally at the Greenville Confederate museum, and was eyeing some of that Confederate currency as well. This is a well worn bill, obviously handled many times. It has six cancellation stamps on it, which look like circular cuts in the paper when it's held up to the light. I may try to scan it in at some point and see if I can read the faded signatures and dates. It's fascinating to hold a tangible little historical relic like this.
History of the Bank of the State of South Carolina: https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/bank-of-the-state-of-south-carolina/
From the above link:
Better images of this type of $2 bill can be found at this link: https://gilbertcoins.com/shop/1852-...outh-carolina-charleston-2-note-no-999-sh553/
ediit: scanned the front. The date looks like 14 Dec, but I can't make out the year.
History of the Bank of the State of South Carolina: https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/bank-of-the-state-of-south-carolina/
From the above link:
During the Civil War, the BSSC wholeheartedly supported the state’s war effort and the Confederate government. By 1863, due to staggering inflation, the resources of the bank were valued at $15 million, but more than half of this total was in Confederate securities or currency that became worthless at the end of the war. An attempt to recharter the bank was defeated in 1866. In 1868 the General Assembly ordered that the remaining assets of the bank be turned over to the state. Lawsuits over the proper distribution of assets to the bank’s creditors clogged the courts until the 1880s.
Better images of this type of $2 bill can be found at this link: https://gilbertcoins.com/shop/1852-...outh-carolina-charleston-2-note-no-999-sh553/
ediit: scanned the front. The date looks like 14 Dec, but I can't make out the year.
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