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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7755735, member: 101855&quot;]You have an 1863 issue of the $5 Confederate note. The Confederacy issued 7,745,600 of these notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most interesting aspect of the 1863 notes was the date stamp. You piece was issued “July 1863.” From that date until the same month in 1864. Before or just after that, you had choice to turn it in for Confederate bonds, or the value of the note went, “Poof!” If you should see an 1863 note without the date stamp, it is very scare and quite collectible. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was a way to limit the money supply to combat inflation because there was too much money in circulation. It didn’t work, but it was an interesting idea. This applied to notes valued at $5 and up. The $1 and $2&nbsp; notes were not part of program.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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