The collection consists of paper currency and two bonds. The bonds and two of the currency notes were issued by the Confederate States of America. The collection also includes a half crown paper note issued by the Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1769, and a town order in the amount of $2.31 issued by the town of Guilford (state not listed) in 1820.
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[Item Description]
Paul Philemon Kies Currency and Bond Collection, 1769-1865 (Cage 4978)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Paul Philemon Kies donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries at an unknown date. It was originally cataloged as part of VF 2528. It was separated and recataloged in 2010.
Currency specimens are available in other collections held in MASC, including:
Ed Carver Currency Collection, 1885-1922
Tannatt family currency, Scrip, and Bond Collection, circa 1839-1864
Confederate States of America Currency Collection, circa 1860-1866
William Band Papers, 1857-1989 (Series 7: Ephemera)
Additional Paul Philemon Kies papers and collections are held in MASC:
Paul Philemon Kies Autograph Collection, 1553-1970
Paul Philemon Kies Papers, 1908-1970
Paul Philemon Kies Papers, 1912-1971
Paul Philemon Kies Photographs, 1950-1970
"Paul P. Kies: Scholar" Typescript, 1970 January 29
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