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| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, shown in bust-length portrait facing slightly left, set against a green guilloche underprint. Large numeral '50' counters appear at upper left and upper right within circular lathe-work medallions, with the bold letterpress legend 'STATES OF' at left and 'AMERICA' at right flanking the central portrait. The note bears manuscript signatures for Register and Treasurer at lower left and right respectively, a manuscript serial number, and a date line reading 'Richmond, Sept. 2nd 1864' at center bottom, with the clause 'Receivable in Payment of All Dues Except Export Duties' printed beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Confederate States of America / Fifty Dollars / 2nd Series / Six Months after the of Peace between the and the / Ratification of a Treaty Confederate States United States / Receivable in Payment of All Dues Except Export Duties / Richmond / FOR REGISTER / FOR TREASURER / FUND STOCK OR BONDS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain paper with no design, vignette, or lettering, consistent with standard Confederate Treasury note production practice of the period. |
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