1864 Confederate States of America $10 Note
Title: Confederate States of America $10 Note
Maker: Evans & Cogswell
Printers: Keating & Ball, Columbia, South Carolina, lithographers
Material: Lithograph on Laid paper, type, ink
Origin: [Virginia, Richmond]
Date: 1864
Dimensions: OH: 3 1/8” (7.9 cm); OW: 7 1/16” (18.0 cm)
Specific Details:
Lithographed ten-dollar bill printed in black on red fiber pape; wide borders on left and right sides; on left side “TEN”; on right side “10” in a seal (upper right) and a portrait of R.M.T. Hunter, a CSA cabinet member (lower right). Main text: Serial letter “E” in upper left and right corners/ (in serpentine frames left and right) “two years after/ the/ ratification of a/ treaty of peace/ between” and “the confederate/ states/ and the/ united states of America.”/ N o 78950 on both sides of a vignette of field artillery/ the Confederate States of America/ Will pay ten dollars to Bearer/ Richmond. February 17th 1864. [Illegible signature] for Regr A Baker for Treasr./ Keatinge & Ball Columbia, S.C.” Parallel to left border “Ptd by Evans & Cogswell” and “8 Series.” Reverse of bill printed in blue. Design: “10” in seals at four corners; “TEN” in large letters in center; “ten” in center of upper and lower borders.