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5 Dollars Treasury Warrant
| Issuer | State of Texas |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| In circulation to | 1865 |
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| Obverse description | At left, a full-length vignette of a standing male figure in period dress, sword at side, within a ruled border. The denomination numeral V appears at upper and lower right in large letterpress type, with the words FIVE at upper left. The central text area carries the warrant obligation in typeset script, issued by the Treasurer of the State of Texas, with handwritten manuscript entries for number, appropriation, date, and payee, countersigned at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | FIVE TREASURY WARRANT V No._____ Appropriation ____ Under Act of ____, 186_ for Military Service The Treasurer of the State of Texas Will Pay FIVE DOLLARS To _________ Bearer Comptroller's Office, Austin, ______ 186_. Registered: Receivable for State Dues. Comptroller |
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Texas issued treasury warrants during the Civil War years because the Confederate state government had no functioning central bank and limited access to outside printing resources. These warrants circulated as de facto currency despite being technically instruments of state debt — a distinction that mattered legally but meant little to the merchants and soldiers handling them daily.
Printed locally in Austin under wartime constraints, the quality of materials and press work varied considerably across the series. Paper supply was a persistent problem throughout the Confederacy, and Texas was no exception.