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- Oct 8, 2021
Here is one that has the stamp on the front of the note.
That, to me, is above typical, the darker , reddish ink and the stamped corner add to it's "collectibility",assuming it's real. I don't have my list of fake serial numbers with me,so I'm assuming it is real.
I'm considering buying one of those cheap knock offs just to have something to hang on the wall untilIf you ever locate the 1864 $500 Confederate counterfeit note that was made back in 1864, it is rarer and more valuable than the genuine note. Of course the later knock-offs are worth nothing.
I'm considering buying one of those cheap knock offs just have something to hang on the wall until
l get the real thing.Most people wouldn't know the difference anyway.
I'm having a little problem understanding your first sentence. What are short dollars?You can acquire the real thing for short dolLars if it has problems. A deal had a number of them at one of Winter FUN numismatic shows. They were good enough to be framed, but not collector quality.
The $500, 1864 Confederate note is not very rare. The high prices are due to demand.
I'm having a little problem understanding your first sentence. What are short dollars?
There is something "different" about the bills with a serial number over 35,000 isn't there? Plus I think any bills under the serial # 20,000 were signed in brown ink instead of black weren't they?
Any Confederate note that was hand signed in Black Ink is a fake. All real Confederate notes that were hand signed were signed in brown ink although you will find some serial numbers done by hand in blue or red ink.There is something "different" about the bills with a serial number over 35,000 isn't there? Plus I think any bills under the serial # 20,000 were signed in brown ink instead of black weren't they?
Really that's good to know. This a learning and educating forum, wouldn't you say?Any Confederate note that was hand signed in Black Ink is a fake. All real Confederate notes that were hand signed were signed in brown ink although you will find some serial numbers done by hand in blue or red ink.
Definitely!Really that's good to know. This a learning and educating forum, wouldn't you say?
Have you visited the thread about Confederate Stamps that is presently being aired? Like this one it's chock full of educational tidbits.
I assume you're rounding off the total number. I find 150,428 with incomplete numbers, whatever that means?According to the best current book on Civil War currency by Pierre Fricke, there were 154,000 of these $500 notes issued.
The records of all bonds and currency issued by the Confederate government from day one until its end were found after the War by Raphael P. Thian who was assigned to the Adjutant General's Office during and after the War. During July 1865, the U.S. Treasury Secretary ordered the creation of the Rebel Archives Bureau with Francis Lieber and his son Lt. Colonel Norman Lieber being put in charge. Thian was assigned to the Bureau and tasked with auditing the war-time assets of the Confederate Treasury and to come up with names of persons who had contributed money or cotton to the Treasury or purchased Confederate bonds, to be used as evidence of treason and aiding the rebellion. It was during Thian's audit that he uncovered the complete records of all bonds that were issued, the dates issued and the serial numbers of each bond as well as the signer of each bond. The records of "most" all Confederate currency, printed serial numbers and signatures "for Treasurer" and "for Register", was released in book form by Thian in 1880 entitled Register of Issues of Confederate States Treasury Notes.According to the best current book on Civil War currency by Pierre Fricke, there were 154,000 of these $500 notes issued.