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50 Dollars
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Printer | Hoyer & Ludwig |
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| Obverse description | At left, an allegorical vignette of Tellus, goddess of the Earth, seated and holding a globe surmounted by a dove; at center, a portrait vignette of George Washington. The denomination and issuer inscription are rendered in letterpress within a plain border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain paper with only ghosted impressions from the obverse visible through the sheet. A faint allegorical vignette of a female figure, likely a personification of Virginia or Liberty, can be discerned as a through-print from the face. |
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| Protection description | No watermark. Variable paper quality and thickness, reflecting wartime production conditions. |
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