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Creation Date
10-25-1862
Description
Confederate “Cotton Picker” currency, 1862. The image of enslaved men working in a cotton field clearly communicates that the South fought to preserve the institution of slavery. Image of John C. Calhoun.
Richmond, Oct. 25, 1862 No. 100
Six Months after the Ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States & the United States of America
Confederate States of America will pay to the bearer on demand One Hundred Dollars with interest at two cents per day.
Keatinge & Bull, Columbia, SC [Printers]
Signed] Meade for Register
Signed] Matthews(?) for Treasurer
Receivable in Payment of All Dues Except Export Duties
Keywords
U.S. Civil War 1861-1865, Money, Currency, Numismatics