Confederate Currency–Ten Dollars, 1863

1863

Not on view

This denomination of a ten dollar bill has a portrait of Confederate Secretary of State, Robert M.T. Hunter, at the bottom right. In the center of the bill is a vignette of the capital at Columbus, South Carolina.

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Title: Confederate Currency–Ten Dollars, 1863
Printer: Evans & Cogswell
Engraver: Keatinge & Ball
Date: 1863
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 × 7 in. (7.6 × 17.8 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Gift of Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh, 1913
Object Number: 13.3.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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