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Replica - 20 Dollars Confederate States
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, with a bust portrait of Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America. Denomination counters and ornamental guilloche underprint frame the design, with the promise-to-pay legend and issue date of February 17th, 1864 inscribed below. The word FACSIMILE denotes the replica nature of this note. |
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| Obverse lettering | TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE CONFEDERATE STATES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Will pay TWENTY DOLLARS to the bearer on demand. Richmond. February 17ᵗʰ 1864. FACSIMILE |
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The Confederate States issued over 70 distinct note types between 1861 and 1864, and the 1864 series represented a last-ditch attempt to stabilize a currency already in freefall. By the time these notes entered circulation, Confederate inflation had become catastrophic — a pair of shoes cost hundreds of dollars, and public confidence in the paper had effectively collapsed before the printing was even finished.
Modern replicas of this issue circulate widely among collectors and educators, which makes attribution a genuine concern. Authentic 1864 notes are printed on a distinctive coarse, often bluish-grey paper; most replicas are immediately identifiable by paper weight and surface texture.