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100 Dollars State of Georgia
| Issuer | State of Georgia |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a portrait vignette of a male figure in an oval frame at the left, set against a floral spray. Two large lathe-work circular counters bearing the numeral '100' flank a central vignette of a classical building within an ornate guilloche border. A bold red letterpress underprint reads 'ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS' across the centre, with the issuer title 'THE STATE OF GEORGIA' in large gothic type below the counters. The vertical right border carries the word 'HUNDRED' in large block letters, and the note bears two manuscript signatures above the imprint 'for Comptr. Genl.' and 'Treasurer', with a 'REGISTERED' oval handstamp and the printer's imprint 'HOWELL, SAVANNAH'. |
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| Protection description | Oval handstamp inscribed 'REGISTERED' applied at the lower centre of the obverse, with a small architectural vignette at its centre; this stamp was applied upon registration of the note by the State Treasurer's office. |
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Georgia's 1863 fiscal position was deteriorating faster than its treasury could manage. By mid-war the state was printing its own obligations partly because Confederate currency had begun losing credibility with the public, and partly because Georgia's legislature needed instruments that could compel local tax and debt payments without depending on Richmond's monetary apparatus.
Howell of Savannah was a regional printer working under genuine material constraints — quality engraving stock, inks, and skilled labor were all blockade-scarce by 1863. The registration stamp served as the primary anti-counterfeiting measure, a thin line of defense given how widely Confederate and state issues were being forged across the South by that point.