Confederate States dollar
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The Confederate States dollar was the paper money issued by the secessionist Southern government during the American Civil War, now chiefly remembered as a symbol of the Confederacy and a collectible historical currency.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confederate dollar | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ paper money ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
CSA
ⓘ
surface form:
CSA dollar
Confederate States dollar ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate dollar
|
| associatedWith |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
Confederate economy ⓘ Confederate secession ⓘ |
| backing |
confidence in Confederate victory
ⓘ
promise to pay after the war ⓘ |
| circulationRegion |
Confederate-controlled territories
ⓘ
Southern states ⓘ |
| collectibleCategory |
Confederate currency
ⓘ
obsolete banknotes ⓘ |
| counterfeiting | widely counterfeited ⓘ |
| country | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| currentUse |
collectible
ⓘ
historical artifact ⓘ numismatic item ⓘ |
| denominationsIssued |
$1
ⓘ
$10 ⓘ $100 ⓘ $1000 ⓘ $2 ⓘ $20 ⓘ $5 ⓘ $50 ⓘ $500 ⓘ |
| denominationType | dollar ⓘ |
| designFeature |
allegorical figures
ⓘ
engraved vignettes ⓘ images of slaves and plantations ⓘ portraits of Confederate leaders ⓘ |
| discontinued | 1865 ⓘ |
| experienced | hyperinflation ⓘ |
| faceValueCurrency | dollar ⓘ |
| finalValue | virtually worthless at end of war ⓘ |
| historicalEra | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| introduced | 1861 ⓘ |
| issuer | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Confederate States Treasury ⓘ |
| legalTenderUntil | 1865 ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| notBackedBy |
gold
ⓘ
silver ⓘ specie ⓘ |
| printingMethod |
intaglio printing
ⓘ
lithography ⓘ |
| reasonForObsolescence |
collapse of Confederate government
ⓘ
defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 ⓘ |
| symbol | $ ⓘ |
| usedIn | American Civil War ⓘ |
| valueTrend | depreciated rapidly during the war ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Confederate dollar