This listing is for one 1864 Confederate States of America 50 Dollars paper banknote, as pictured. Portrait of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the center of the obverse of this note. Rarer note, choice of grade/condition. T-66 / CS-66.
Confederate Treasury Notes (banknotes) were ultimately issued in 50¢, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations with a variety of designs, issuers and redeemable obligations. The amount of currency issued under the various acts of the Confederate Congress totaled $1.7 billion. Bills were released in 72 different note "types" in seven "series" from 1861 through 1864.
Since there were many types of Confederate notes as well as notes issued by the states of the Confederacy, and since banks could issue their own notes, counterfeiting was a major problem for the Confederacy. Many of these contemporary counterfeits are identifiable today and they can be as valuable to a collector as a real note.
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1864 Confederate States of America 50 Dollar Note - Civil War, 2nd Issue - Confederate Fifty Dollar Bill - Jefferson Davis Type - T-66/CS-66
