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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | RICHMOND. April 6th, 1863. Six months after the ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States & the United States of America, THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Will pay to the bearer on demand ONE DOLLAR |
| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, presenting a plain pink paper surface with no design, lettering, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Keatinge & Ball relocated their operation to Columbia, South Carolina after the Union naval blockade made importing pre-printed note stock from Northern and European firms effectively impossible. By 1863, the Confederate Treasury was issuing currency faster than it could be redeemed, and the $1 denomination was something of an afterthought — too small to cover most wartime transactions, which inflation had pushed well beyond face value within months of issue.
P#49 is among the less-encountered K&B issues, partly because lower denominations were discarded rather than saved once they became economically worthless. Columbia itself was burned in February 1865, destroying remaining stock and press equipment.