Catalog
Replica - 1 Dollar Confederate States
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Printer | Keatinge & Ball |
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| Obverse lettering | RICHMOND, Feb. 17th 1864 - CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA - Will pay to the bearer on demand - ONE DOLLAR - D D |
| Reverse description | The entire reverse is covered by a dense, intricate guilloche underprint in dark grey-black, composed of fine geometric lacework forming a continuous engine-turned pattern across the full field. Four circular rosette counters, each enclosing the numeral 1, occupy the four corners, and the word ONE appears in a decorative banner at the top and bottom. The large ornate word ONE is superimposed at centre in bold outlined lettering over the guilloche ground. |
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Keatinge & Ball relocated from Richmond to Columbia, South Carolina in 1862 after Union pressure on the Confederate capital made continued operations there untenable. Their Columbia facility produced the bulk of late-war Confederate currency, including the 1864 series — the last major emission before the Confederacy's financial collapse made new printing largely pointless. By early 1865, Sherman's march through South Carolina forced the press to flee again, and much of the remaining stock was destroyed or scattered.
This is a replica. The originals circulated into near-worthlessness well before Appomattox, depreciation having reduced the purchasing power of Confederate notes to fractions of a cent on the dollar by 1864.