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Reproduction - 100 Dollars Virginia Treasure Note
| Issuer | Commonwealth of Virginia |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Three engraved portrait vignettes across the centre field: a male bust at centre within an oval frame, flanked by a male portrait at lower left and a female allegorical figure at lower right. Denomination counters reading "100" appear at upper left and upper right. Two text panels in ornate letterpress frames at lower left and lower right carry the receivability and pledge legends. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot, with "COPY" overprinted at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | RICHMOND. OCT. 15th 1862 VIRGINIA TREASURE NOTE N° 119 Commonwealth of Virginia ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Receivable in PAYMENT of TAXES other Public Dues The Faith of the COMMONWEALTH IS PLEDGED |
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Virginia's Treasury Notes of 1862 were issued under considerable strain — the Commonwealth was simultaneously funding its own war effort and contributing to Confederate central finances, which created genuine competition for printing resources in Richmond. The "Treasure Note" designation distinguished state obligations from Confederate currency proper, though in practice both circulated side by side and public confidence in either depended heavily on battlefield news.
This is a reproduction. Originals at this denomination are among the more frequently counterfeited Confederate-era state issues, which complicates authentication even of period examples.