Paper money: 2 dollars

Museum number:
2-60873
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020060873
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust of Benjamin on right; roundel in upper center, vertical bar on left edge. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper, serial no.: 12763. 2 dollars, 8 x 18.5 cm., mint date: April 6, 1863
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Richmond, Virginia
Verbatim coll. place:
Confederate States of America
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Confederate States dollar (system of money), Dollars (paper money), and Paper money
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
April 6, 1863
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paper money: 2 dollars, accession number 2-60873, described as Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust of Benjamin on right; roundel in upper center, vertical bar on left edge. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper, serial no.: 12763. 2 dollars, 8 x 18.5 cm., mint date: April 6, 1863Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paper money: 2 dollars, accession number 2-60873, described as Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust of Benjamin on right; roundel in upper center, vertical bar on left edge. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper, serial no.: 12763. 2 dollars, 8 x 18.5 cm., mint date: April 6, 1863
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper money: 2 dollars, accession number 2-60873, described as Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust of Benjamin on right; roundel in upper center, vertical bar on left edge. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper, serial no.: 12763. 2 dollars, 8 x 18.5 cm., mint date: April 6, 1863

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