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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette of a team of horses hauling artillery cannon, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. A portrait of Confederate Senator Robert M.T. Hunter appears in the lower right corner, while the denomination is indicated in the lower left and upper right corners. The obligation text and issuer legends are arranged across the note in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue ink and carries the denomination numeral at center within an elaborate guilloche underprint, with the value repeated at all four corners, also set within guilloche work. The overall design is spare and typographic, relying on the intricate lathe-work patterns for visual security. |
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By 1864, the Confederate currency system was in terminal decline. Inflation had become so severe that the Richmond government attempted a compulsory currency reform in February of that year — holders were forced to exchange older notes at a discount or convert them into bonds, effectively wiping out a portion of the circulating debt. The P#68 series was among the replacement issues produced after that reform, though hyperinflation rendered the gesture largely meaningless within months.
Keatinge & Ball had relocated from Richmond to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1862 under pressure from Union advances. Columbia itself was burned in February 1865 during Sherman's march, destroying much of the firm's remaining stock and equipment.