Civil War Sunday-Post yours as well.....

Hello all! I have a new thread for today called, " Civil War Sunday!".
Please post a coin or token dating back to 1861-1865.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union[e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
These 3 Two-Cent pieces are from my collection and were dug while metal detecting in early 2000's. All were dug at one homesite in an area thought to be a clothesline. All are dated 1864 Large motto and heavily coated in patina which is responsible for all the details.
The other 2 bonus items are also Civil War time period, one bullet (size unknown) and a General officers button.

 

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Here's one of each for CW era. The Mass State seal button was dug in St. Charles, Il. not far from a CW Camp.

 

I have a number of coins snd tokens from the Civil War but my real passion lies in Notes from the Confederacy. So I’m posting a few of them instead. Only 72 CSA Notes were issued over the course of the war. Some of them have errors, some have interesting stamps or writing on the back side.
Here’s one of them. This is from 1861, a twenty dollar note.

 

These are interesting notes. Just look at the serial number, which was from a stamp instead of being hand written.
This was issued in 1864 and the serial number is 55555.


This note is from 1864 as well but it’s a Radar Note, 2992.

 

A nice Fifty Dollar note from 1864.

And a Five Dollar Note from 1862.

 

This note is special in that it has a train on the front and 2 interest paid stamps on the back. Nite the locations where interest was paid. This note is from 1863 and it’s signed by William Hoge on April 21, 1863. He supplied items necessary to Andersonville Prison for the south. That prison was for captured Union soldiers.

 

This note is a fifty dollar note and colorful. The back is signed.
This is a fifty cent note. In order to save money the Confederacy printed the note in one side. This was a fairly common practice.

 

Another interesting note is this one. The serial number is a true ladder note, 12345. It is graded and slabbed as a 63 EPQ, exceptional paper quality. It is an 1861 $50.00 note with strong and bold lettering. The serial number is in red ink, which is common. On the back is A.R. 30 and that is the identifier for the Arkansas 30th. This note is also signed and dated.

 

I have a number of other CSA Notes but I’ve posted enough to give you an idea of collecting in this area. It’s so dry icy and full of history. I don’t have a photo but I do have a CSA Note with the hand written serial number of 2. It’s the lowest serial number found on a CSA Note. It’s tucked away safe as it’s very valuable.
I love collecting these but it’s getting tough to find nice ones and ones full of history. The writing on the back side is fascinating snd if signed, can be traced.

 

MS-65 RD


MS-65 BN

 

Love the Two Cent Piece and the CWT.

 

Broas Pie Baker


Our Army

 

Hard for me to find one but I finally got one! It's part of my slave token collection, sellers pic from many moons ago!

 

I like them all, especially the 1865 two cents pieces with the curved clip. The Broas Pie token is nice too. Mine is somewhere. Lol

 

This poor coin... it's been in and out of acetone so much recently, but it's progressing nicely with removing whatever funk / gunk was on it (incidentally or whatever) but it was a cleaned UNC- details coin before I decided to free it from it's bodybag. Every little while, a bit more of the stuff on the reverse seems to dissolve a tiny bit more. This photo doesn't show the discoloration in the center but you may have already seen it in my prior posts. It's destined for my type album, but I just want to see how much of this crud comes off before I put it in there!

 

Those that collect CWT’s and have the Fuld book can look this one up. It’s the plate coin for MI 865A-3a, R9. Saranac tokens are hard to find and key to a Michigan towns and cities collection. The dies are hand engraved by an unknown engraver.

 

Here is my one piece of Confederate currency from the short period of time when the Confederate capital was in Mongomery, Alabama. These notes are legitimately very scarce. They were printed by the American Banknote Company. This was from the second issue. The Union almost got its hands on these notes when they were shipped south.

One could hope that Stonewall Jackson signed the reverse, but he didn't. He was another Jackson who endorsed it to buy goods for the Confederacy.