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T-21 Confederate Money Twenty Dollars Alexander Stephens EF
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Item Number: Type 21 CSA Rebellion PMG Choice 45 EF 2418Z
Manufacturer: CSA - Confederacy Capital - Montgomery AL, Richmond VA
Auto or Civil War Information: Obsolete Money, Civil War Currency, Southern Scrip
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Type 21 Obsolete Civil War Currency
Type of Confederate Money - Obsolete 20.00 Note
Nickname or Vignettes - The center vignette is a portrait of Alexander Stephens, the vice president of the Confederacy. The picture is surrounded by a barrell, farm implements and of course, cotton. A ship is also in the background.
Date & Place of Issue - Issued from Richmond Virginia during the beginning of the Civil War on September 2nd, 1861.
Serial Number & Plate Letter - The serial number was handwritten and is 2418 and plate position is Z.
Condition - This confederate money has been professionally graded by PMG at Choice Extremely Fine 45. These type 21 obsolete notes are getting scarce in grades of true extra fine and above. Since this example is professionally graded, you know for sure that it is a true extra fine and also choice. There is some roughness in the upper border, but it is mostly outside the frame line.
Back - The back of this Civil War currency is plain, this back has some pencil writings by an early collector, also some ink spots that show thru from the front.
Criswell & Fricke Numbers - Criswell number 146 and Fricke Number PF 6, which means that this is from the much more attractive dark green overprint. The paper is also watermarked CSA in block lettering.
Number Issued & Printers - 164,248 were produced by Keatinge and Ball from Columbia South Carolina.
Type of Bank Paper Used - high quality bank note paper was used, the paper can be plain or watermarked with CSA, NY, or J. Whatman. The NY watermarked paper was smuggled in from New York early in the Civil War. The south needed good bank note paper on which to print their money, but they had no paper printing facilities set up. They also didn't have countries early in the War from which to import bank note paper.
Payable In - Six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace
Notes - Keatinge and Ball set up a branch office in Columbia South Carolina in the spring of 1862 as General McClellan approached Richmond. Most of the printing equipment needed for this branch office was smuggled thru the blockades. Mr. Keatinge was himself a British subject and is thought to have personally had a hand in the smuggling. The picture shows the actual confederate money that is for sale, the back of this obsolete currency can also be seen in the photo gallery.
Beautiful 20.00 dark green overprint type 21 which will grade PMG 45, choice extremely fine, these are getting scarce in the upper grades
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Type 21 obsolete CSA civil war currency 1861 dark green tint F-VF
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It is estimated that between 101 to 400 of these obsolete Austin TX civil war currency notes for military service still exist, this bill is in extra fine condition
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