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1 Dollar - Missouri Defence Bond State of Missouri
| Issuer | State of Missouri |
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| Year | 1861 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of longhorn cattle at rest in a valley with a distant town on the horizon; the Missouri State Seal with two bears and a female figure holding a caduceus appears to the right. Denomination counters at upper corners with ornate letterpress text panels throughout. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE MISSOURI DEFENCE BOND THREE YEARS AFTER DATE Will pay to bearer ONE DOLLAR sealed and issued SECURED by Pledge of all the STATE REVENUES Countersigned by The fund Commissioners of the State of Missouri TREASURER OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI COMMIS Keatinge & Ball, Columbia SC |
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Missouri never formally seceded from the Union, but a pro-Confederate faction of the state legislature convened a rump government in 1861 and began issuing defence bonds to fund military operations against Federal forces. These notes were the financial instrument of that shadow government, not of the legitimate Missouri state treasury — a distinction that mattered enormously when the war ended and holders sought redemption.
Keatinge & Ball, operating out of Columbia, South Carolina, were the Confederacy's most prolific security printers. Their involvement here confirms the note's allegiance regardless of the "State of Missouri" language.