Confederate States of America Currency Collection, circa 1860-1866

Overview of the Collection

Title
Confederate States of America Currency Collection
Dates
circa 1860-1866 (inclusive)
Quantity
24 items, (3 folders)
Collection Number
Cage 4979 (collection)
Summary
The collection consists of paper currency and one bond, all issued by the Confederate States of America or individual states of the Confederacy.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of paper currency and one bond, all issued by the Confederate States of America or individual states of the Confederacy.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Confederate States of America Currency Collection

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Arrangement

The items in this collection are organized by source: Hunt collection, Brewster collection, and U.S. Treasury Department collection.

Acquisition Information

The Washington State University Libraries received these materials as gifts from three separate sources: Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hunt (date of gift unknown), Professor C. M. Brewster (1960), both originally cataloged as VF 385; and the United States Treasury Department (1912-1913), originally cataloged as VF 386. The three collections were merged and reprocessed in 2010.

Related Materials

Currency specimens are available in other collections held in MASC, including:

Ed Carver currency collection, 1885-1922 (Cage 1916).

Tannatt family currency, scrip, and bond collection, circa 1839-1864 (Cage 4977).

Paul Philemon Kies Currency and Bond Collection (Cage 4978).

William Band papers, 1857-1989 (Ephemera series) (Cage 617).

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Container(s) Description
Folder
1 Hunt collection (5 items)
2 Brewster collection (2 items)
3 United States Treasury Department collection (17 items plus related correspondence)

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Subject Terms

  • Money -- Specimens.
  • Paper money -- Specimens.