CSA 1864 $20

Title

Confederate States of America paper currency, value twenty dollars

Maker

Keating & Ball, Columbia, South Carolina, lithographers

Material

Laid paper, type, ink

Origin

[Virginia, Richmond]

Date:

1864

Dimensions:

OH:  3 1/8” (7.9 cm); OW:  7 1/16” (18.0 cm)

Description:

Lithographed twenty dollar bill printed in black on (faded) redish network background; wide borders on left and right sides; on left side “TWENTY”; on right side “20” in a seal (upper right) and a portrait of Alexander Stephens, vice president of the CSA (lower right). Main text: “two years after/ the/ ratification of a/ treaty of peace/ between” and “the confederate/ states/ and the/ united states of america.”/  (Serial letter) C/  N ^o 97331 on either side of a vignette of  the Tennessee State capital at Nashville/ the/ Confederate States of America/ Will pay twenty dollars to the bearer/ on demand .Richmond. February 17^th 1864. [Illegible signature]  for Register [illegible signature] for Treasurer./  “Keatinge & Ball Columbia, S.C. below portrait. Parallel to left border “Series 2.” Reverse of bill printed in green. Design: “20” in seals at four corners; “TWENTY” in large letters in center; “twenty” in center of upper and lower borders. Pencil inscription on left end: “Franklin.”

Source:

Unknown

Relation:

Comments:

Formerly on loan to the UDC Confederate Museum, Attmore-Oliver House, New Bern, N.C.

Language:

En

Rights:

Permission to use the photograph must be obtained in writing from Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina. It must be accompanied by the caption” From the collection of Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archive and History.”