Worth anything?

I found a confederate 5 dollars in my great grandfathers lock box. I was wondering if it is worth anything. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Kim

 

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yea man, its worth a few bucks, let me go see. Almost looks too good ? I would say $20 minimum, more like $50 or a little more depending on how you were to sell it.

 

It was in a plastic cover. I took it out to take a pic.

 

now there is human oils and finger prints on it.

 

Great.... so I probably ruined it! That’s about right for my luck. This is all new to me.

 

Thanks for looking that up for me.

 

sure thing, hope you start collecting and keep your grandfathers hobby and tradition alive.

 

There are several places that list the serial numbers of the reproductions, like here:

http://oldcurrencyvalues.com/fake_confederate_money/

I don't see yours...good chance it's real

 

It is real, and I am sure it has been touched in the last 150 years more than once so you didn't ruin it. Just be careful not to tear or wrinkle it any more. Value is in the $15 - $20 range. Nice piece of history.

 

Just keep your hands nice and clean.. Just like when you do a quick wash with soap and water before you eat your food

 

I have that same note in my collection. It is definitely real and one of the first to be printed by the Confederacy. They aren't rare but are quite a bit scarcer than later issues. A lot of U.S. history in that little piece of paper; Volumes.

 

Hommer, I am a bit confused by your statement. The poster's note is one of the 1864 notes, actually one of the last printed. The Confederacy had been printing notes since 1861.

 

That it is, need glasses on so that I can see which in of my foot to insert first. I have all of the '61 notes and '61 was what I read.

 

Listed as T-69 in Confederate States Paper Money - George Cuhaj ed. I agree with @l.cutler that it would retail in the $15-20 range in that condition.

FWIW: The building is the Confederate state capitol in Richmond and the portrait in the lower right is C.G. Memminger - first Confederate Sec of the treasury.

And, for your "Useless Fact of the Day", Cuhaj says that a note of this type was found in Abe Lincoln's wallet when he was assassinated.

 

Any time I see confederate currency I am reminded of the guy who brought in several pieces to the store one day. When I told him some of the pieces were fake he wanted to know how I could tell. On the reverse three pieces were marked "facsimile." He said that can't be right. They did not have fax machines during the Civil War. Low priced confederate notes are hard to come by in our area.

 

You didn't hurt it any. It's been well handled previously.

I see one dealer on the teletype buying them at $27.00

 

In fact this is really cool to know! I wouldn't consider any historic details as useless that might spur interest in a given era.
For example, it might be interesting to wonder if Lincoln was carrying Confederate money in his wallet as a reminder of his cause. The war was essentially over except for a few formalities when he was assassinated. So he may have saved it as a trophy of sorts.

 

Frame it. Not alot of them around. I really like