1861 Confederate States of America 10 Dollar Note - VF+, Cancelled - 1861 Confederacy Ten Dollars Obsolete Note - T-28 / CS-28

This listing is for the photographed 1861 Confederate States of America 10 Dollar Note. Issued in Richmond, Virginia, the Capital of the Confederate States of America during the civil war, dated September 2nd, 1861. The note explains that it will pay bearer the amount "Six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States." The notes also were "Fundable in Confederate States stock bearing Eight per cent interest" and "Receivable in payment of all dues except export dues." The banknote shows a vignette of the Roman goddesses Ceres and Commerce sat with an urn on the left end, and a vignette of an 1830s era train locomotive on the right end. Choice Very Fine (VF+) grade/condition, some folds and other signs of circulation. CS-28 / T28. Rarer early issue note!

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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1861 Confederate States of America 10 Dollar Note - VF+, Cancelled - 1861 Confederacy Ten Dollars Obsolete Note - T-28 / CS-28