Confederate Note Album, 1876

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Raphael P Thian

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Publisher

Forgotten Books

Publication Year 2018
ISBN-13

9781396155994

ISBN-10 9781396155994
Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages 52 Pages
Language (English)
Weight (grms) 82

Excerpt from Confederate Note Album, 1876 Engraved by the National Bank Note Company of New York, and printed on fine bank note paper, in black and green, with plain back. In the right lower corner of the note appears a medallion likeness of Andrew Jackson, while directly Opposite is found a corresponding medallion of John C. Calhoun, both Of the ovals ornamented at the base and sides by an elegant tracery of scroll work. Each of the upper corners contain a very large circular die - the one to the right bearing the number that to the left, the numeral M - composed of twelve small elliptical dies grouped together, On each of which appears the words One Thousand encircling the number 1000. The central part Of the note, above a narrow rectangular space left blank for the signatures, is divided by airy bands and columns of fine lines into forty-five squares - five in height and nine in length - the angles Of adjacent squares bearing the numeral M. From these numerals a narrow band arches upwards and is inscribed One Thousand. The centre of each square, a dark ground formed by converging lines, bears the number while, immediately beneath, two narrow bands looped up below the background of the number, are inscribed - the one to the left, with the numeral M, and that to the right, with the number This central part, a slight border surrounding the note On three sides, and a narrow band at the lower edge, inscribed: Receivable in payment of all dues except export duties, are printed in green. This note is payable twelve months after date, bears interest at ten cents per day, has its number printed in blue, and is signed, in person, by the Register and the Treasurer of the Confederate States - Messrs. Alex. B. Clitherall and E. C. Elmore.

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