Confederate Currency–Five Dollars, 1862

1862

Not on view

This denomination of a Confederate five dollar bill has a portrait of Christopher Gustavus (C.G.) Memminger at the bottom right. Memminger was the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. At the center of the bill is vignette of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia.

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Title: Confederate Currency–Five Dollars, 1862
Engraver: Keatinge & Ball
Printer: J.T. Paterson
Date: 1862
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 7 1/8 in. (7.9 × 18.1 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Gift of Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh, 1913
Object Number: 13.3.14
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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