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If the credit of the Confederate Government were not utterly destroyed, of course this state of feeling would not exist. Bad as the currency is, it possesses some value as long as it can be used ...
Later currency delayed the promised payout until two years after a peace treaty. The notes were commonly called “graybacks,” after Confederate soldiers, who wore gray uniforms. The bills were ...
In a lesson straight out of freshman economics, as the supply of Confederate bills shot up, their value crashed. By the time the Confederacy dissolved on May 5, 1865, the currency was already ...
Contractors found what appears to be more than $300 in Confederate currency while working in a Hamilton house. The owners bought the Fourth Street house a month ago and are remodeling so they can ...
It's called "Confederate Currency: The Color of Money." A companion exhibit, "Confederate Memory: Symbols, Controversy & Legacy examines historical memory and the lasting legacy of the ...
But perhaps the most valuable item remained largely intact. An un-cut sheet of Confederate currency, dated Oct. 10, 1862. Louisiana State Museum Interim Director Steven Maklansky would not ...
Authorities in Carroll County, Va., said a man picking up trash near Hillsville found a binder full of vintage confederate currency. Right now, the money is at a local museum.
As every leaf is doomed to fall in due season, so every Confederate note should have ... for the enlarging volume of the currency of itself requires a heavy addition to the original cost, if ...
Later currency delayed the promised payout until two years after a peace treaty. The notes were commonly called “graybacks,” after Confederate soldiers, who wore gray uniforms. The bills were ...