|
|
South Carolina Confederate Money Branchville 25 cents XF
|
Item Number: SC Branchville 25 cents
Manufacturer: CSA - Confederacy Capital - Montgomery AL, Richmond VA
|
|
Corporation of Branchville South Carolina contemporary bogus 25 cents note dated May 3, 1861. Sheehen has this listed as SC number 706, with a rarity scale of R5, which means only 16 to 25 of these bills are thought to still exsist. The grade will be extra fine, there is the appearance of a higher grade, but there are 2 heavy folds. Since this is a contemporary bogus note, there is still value to this currency. The center shows a sailor and a wharf scene, the left is a sailing ship and on the right is a frontiersman. the back of this note has a shield and at the top is written States Rights and at the bottom is Death Before Dishonor. The pictures show the front and back of the actual South Carolina confederate money that is for sale.
Branchville is one of South Carolina's older established communities. The first village was at the branch of an old Indian trail which, leading from Charleston, split at an old oak tree, now gone. One branch of the trail led to the west, joining other trails at what was then called Fort Monroe, now the present day of North Augusta. the other veered to the north, following the north Edisto River toward what is Orangeburg, and continuing to the town of Granby, now known as Cayce. It was not until 1832 that the railroad phase of Branchville's history began. It was then that the South Carolina Railroad's tracks reached the site of the present Branchville, and that was the end of "The Branch." Some 170 acres of land were purchased by the railroad company which proceeded to lay out the town. Present-day dwellers of Branchville say that the company used excellent foresight in its planning. Only one street in the town is less than 100 feet wide. Branchville then became the first railroad junction in the world when the railroad company extended its rails on to Hamburg. The Town of Branchville was incorporated on Dec. 23, 1858, taking in all of the property within a radius of one mile of the railroad station.
|
|
|
|