100 Dollars

The Confederate government turned to European printers when domestic capacity proved inadequate for wartime currency demands. A. Pustet, based in Tittmoning, Bavaria — better known as a Catholic religious publisher — was among several foreign firms contracted to produce Confederate notes, a logistical arrangement that required running a blockade to deliver the finished product. Whether all shipments arrived is not fully established in the record.

The watermark is the primary security feature on this printing, modest by any measure but more than many contemporaneous Confederate issues managed. Notes from this source are distinguishable from Richmond-printed issues by paper quality and certain typographic details.