75 Cents County of Shenandoah

Shenandoah County issued fractional scrip in 1863 because hard coin had essentially vanished from the Shenandoah Valley by that point — hoarded, melted, or absorbed into military supply chains on both sides. Confederate small-denomination currency was chronically short, and local governments across Virginia stepped in to fill the gap. County-issued scrip of this type was redeemable in theory but backed by little more than local faith in a government already under severe strain.

Woodstock was the county seat and the logical printing point, though production quality for locally issued Virginia scrip varied considerably. Notes from this series are genuinely scarce — county-level fractional issues were not systematically preserved, and most circulated until they disintegrated.