Paper money: 5 dollar

Museum number:
2-45222
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020045222
Accession number:
Acc.2718
Description:
(Confederate States currency); $5, reddish network background, State capitol at Richmond, VA, C.G. Memminger at right, serial letter H, serial # 78470, reverse has intricate blue engraving with “Five” in large letters
Donor:
Franklin MacVeagh
Collection place:
Richmond, Virginia
Verbatim coll. place:
Confederate States of America
Production place:
Richmond, Virginia
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Union Army
Collection date:
1865
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:
February 17, 1864
Accession date:
1912
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paper money: 5 dollar, accession number 2-45222, described as (Confederate States currency); $5, reddish network background, State capitol at Richmond, VA, C.G. Memminger at right, serial letter H, serial # 78470, reverse has intricate blue engraving with “Five” in large lettersHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paper money: 5 dollar, accession number 2-45222, described as (Confederate States currency); $5, reddish network background, State capitol at Richmond, VA, C.G. Memminger at right, serial letter H, serial # 78470, reverse has intricate blue engraving with “Five” in large letters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper money: 5 dollar, accession number 2-45222, described as (Confederate States currency); $5, reddish network background, State capitol at Richmond, VA, C.G. Memminger at right, serial letter H, serial # 78470, reverse has intricate blue engraving with “Five” in large letters

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