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Confederate Currency- Five Dollars, J.T. Paterson

Printer J.T. Paterson American
1861
Not on view
Numerous printers and engravers were engaged to satisfy the demand for paper money in the Confederacy. One such printing firm was J.T. Paterson. On this denomination of a five dollar bill, there is a sailor at the lower left and Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, is seated on a bale of cotton at the center.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Confederate Currency- Five Dollars, J.T. Paterson
  • Printer: J.T. Paterson
  • Date: 1861
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 in. × 7 1/8 in. (7.6 × 18.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: Gift of Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.3.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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