Paper money: 50 cents

Museum number:
2-60853
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust in profile of Jefferson Davis flanked by 2 roundels, left framed by wreath of corn, right by wreath of cotton. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper. Letter series: A; serial No.: 104681. 50 cents, 5.6 x 10.9 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) 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 titled Paper money: 50 cents, accession number 2-60853, described as Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust in profile of Jefferson Davis flanked by 2 roundels, left framed by wreath of corn, right by wreath of cotton. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper. Letter series: A; serial No.: 104681. 50 cents, 5.6 x 10.9 cm, mint date: April 6, 1863.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper money: 50 cents, accession number 2-60853, described as Confederate currency; “The Confederate States of America”; bust in profile of Jefferson Davis flanked by 2 roundels, left framed by wreath of corn, right by wreath of cotton. Reverse blank. Black lettering on pink paper. Letter series: A; serial No.: 104681. 50 cents, 5.6 x 10.9 cm, mint date: April 6, 1863.

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