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25 Cents State of South Carolina
| Issuer | Bank of the State of South Carolina |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Palmetto tree flanked by ornate scrollwork, with the denomination numeral '25' printed in large teal letterpress type on both left and right. The issuer's name arches in bold capitals around the upper portion of the note, while the promise-to-pay legend and denomination in full capitals appear in the lower half. Date 'Feb. 1, 1863' is set at lower left, with a manuscript cashier's signature across the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Bank of the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 25 25 WILL PAY BEARER ON DEMAND "IN CURRENT FUNDS" TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Feb. 1, 1863. For Cashier. |
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The Bank of the State of South Carolina was one of the few state-chartered institutions in the Confederacy that maintained genuine public confidence throughout most of the war — partly because the state government stood directly behind it. This fractional note was issued specifically to address the near-total disappearance of small silver coinage from circulation after 1861, a problem acute enough that streetcar fares and small retail transactions had become logistically difficult across the South.
Columbia-printed Confederate fractionals from 1863 are often found with uneven ink strike, a consequence of wartime supply degradation rather than careless production.