Civil War note?

Take a look at this. Seems like a note from the civil war era? Was it some kind of "coupon / token" that gave you $1 off on a purchase of $20?

 

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Scrip from New Orleans.

Here’s some other examples; https://currency.ha.com/c/search-re...les-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=Magee+&+George&limitTo=all

 

Says "Will pay bearer one dollar, on demand, in current funds, when presented in sums of Twenty Dollars."

Nice looking piece. Not quite sure how to interpret the redemption though.
- get one dollar when you bring in 20 of these?
- get 20 dollars, but you have to redeem 20 at a time?

 

you got 20 but you had to redeem them in multiples of twenty