Those are not Confederate Notes. They are called obsolete notes. Obsolete bank notes to be exact. The first two are probably from New York. I didn’t look at them that closely. But the bottom one from Georgia to me at least I think it’s special. It’s an obsolete bank note issued by a bank in Georgia in 1863. It says Georgia savings bank, and underneath that It reads one dollar. there is very small print between the two. Get a magnifying glass to read it. In confederate treasury notes. I don’t do obsolete notes and I have no idea the value, but I find that very interesting.
In addition, there are only 72 confederate notes that were ever issued. I don’t know about obsolete notes, but the reverse or backside of the confederate notes known as CSA Notes usually have a blank back. The paper itself is extremely thin and some of them you can even see through it. They do have some notes with printing on both sides, but most of the time the back is blank. Here is an attachment of one to To show that confederate notes always the words Confederate States of America on them, usually across the top.
Those look pretty interesting. Maybe ask Steve in Tampa. I tried an online site for obsolete bank notes and my Norton had a stroke.
These are indeed usually called 'obsolete notes' as Collecting Nut notes, but these are all from Georgia, not New York. If you look closer you can see the state name on each note. The Georgia Savings Bank one from Macon GA is cataloged GA9660-05 by Don Kelly. Note that is says that it is payable in confederate notes. So this was from the time of the Civil War, but would not normally be considered a 'Confederate' note. (Maybe 'Southern States' though.) The Bank of the Empire State ones from Rome GA are cataloged GA12530-05 and GA12530-10. These were also from during the Civil War. That book says that these would also be payable in Confederate notes, but I don't see that written on them. All three are worth between $60 and $150, according to that reference, depending on condition.
Thanks for all the replies, they are on VERY thin paper and the backs of the Georgia State notes are blank while the Empire notes have a stylized numeral.
The thin paper is very typical for obsoletes. Obsolete notes in general were issued by private banks and bank-like organizations, not governments. Most obsoletes in general were from before the Civil War, and payable in US money, but once the war started any bank in the south presumably had to work with confederate money. These banks might have started before the war, I am not sure, and I can't read the date written on them. The obsolete system came to an end with the Civil War. The USA basically taxed the obsolete notes out of existence, and instead these banks could become National Banks and issue National Currency instead. So these fancy ones with actual printing on the back were from near the end of this era.
