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100 Dollars
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1864 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with an intricate guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The word HUNDRED is rendered in large, ornate block lettering at center, surrounded by dense rosette and lathe-work patterns. Each of the four corners bears a circular medallion containing the numeral 100, framed by dotted borders, with decorative cartouches at top and bottom center. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 HUNDRED |
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By 1864, the Confederate dollar had lost so much purchasing power that a $100 note was worth, in practical terms, a few dollars in Union greenbacks — and declining fast. The Richmond government knew it. This issue was part of the February 1864 currency reform that forcibly funded older notes at a discount or rendered them worthless, an attempt to contract the inflated money supply that largely failed.
Keatinge & Ball had relocated to Columbia after Federal pressure on Richmond made logistics increasingly difficult. When Sherman's army burned Columbia in February 1865, the firm's plates and remaining stock were destroyed — which defines the hard terminus on this series.