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10 Dollars State of Alabama
| Issuer | State of Alabama |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | At left, a large geometric block vignette with TEN inscribed horizontally within; at upper center, an oval portrait vignette of Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts enclosed within a floral wreath surround. To the lower right, a small vignette of a map resting against a tree trunk, with a bold green TEN underprint at lower center serving as a counterfeit deterrent, the whole printed in black letterpress on white paper with green overprint elements. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, with no printed design or lettering. |
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Alabama issued its own state-currency obligations during the Civil War after federal blockades and the collapse of regular banking made Confederate notes insufficient for local government transactions. This 1864 issue came late in that cycle — by mid-1864, inflation in the Confederacy had rendered most paper instruments nearly worthless in practical exchange, and state-issued notes fared no better.
Keenan & Co. operated as a regional printer working within the wartime South's severely constrained production environment. The green overprint served as a rudimentary anti-counterfeiting measure at a time when sophisticated security printing was effectively impossible.