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It appears genuine, and is not currently on the list of known bogus CSA notes.
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Nice clean note - congrats.
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Well, I found the answer to the question I had posed originally in this thread. There's a book by Sarah Pelot titled The Signers of Confederate Treasury Notes, 1861-65: A Catalog of Their Signatures with a Catalog of the Notes Signed that I imagine is a pretty thorough treatment of the subject. It was published a while back (2003) so I don't yet know how readily available it might be.
Colligo ergo sum
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02/27/2018 09:47 am
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Lucky I did a search for that book title. One sold on ebay for around $125 last month. It was self-published and is out of print. If you are a member of the American Numismatic Association or the Society of Paper Money Collectors both of these have a copy that can be checked out by members for a fee. -MV |
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Thank you for the update.  |
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If you are a member of the American Numismatic Association or the Society of Paper Money Collectors both of these have a copy that can be checked out by members for a fee. My county library has been successful in laying their hands on some very obscure titles on my behalf, so I'll give that a try first. If I can get this book in hand, I'll be back with a brief review. As for the two signatures on this particular note, I take the second one to be "A. Caldwell", but the first I can decipher only so far as I think it's "E. Lee(something)" with possibly a break or space between those e's. Colligo ergo sum
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02/27/2018 11:13 am
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The one that they were putting up on their bid board had peculiar numbers with "tails" that the writer let flow far down into the note. Well, I ended up with this other one as well.  The signatures in this instance seem pretty easy to make out.   I have the first as "L. Courtney" and the second as "S. Simons" (with possibly an accent mark over the "n"). Colligo ergo sum
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This is what is mentioned on Wikipedia. "Confederate Treasury Notes were hand signed by various clerks, with exception of the 50 cent issues that had the printed signatures of Robert Tyler and Edward C. Elmore. The first six notes issued were hand signed by the Register and Treasurer themselves. While hand signatures were considered an anti-counterfeiting tool, the sheer number of bills being produced could not reasonably be signed individually by two men each. Women were often hired as clerks to sign "for Register" and "for Treasurer"; up to 200 clerks were eventually hired for each." While Wikipedia sources need to be taken with a grain of salt, it would appear that researching the signatures may be an interesting but daunting task.
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As an aside, The 11th ed. of Confederate States Paper Money shows a printing of 9,135,920 of the T-68 $10 note.
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In case anyone is searching for the book mentioned above, it is actually written by Michael McNeil. 'Sarah Pelot' is part of the title, it was misinterpreted as the author instead of the end of the title.
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CSA $10 T-68 note with RMT Hunter depicted in the lower right vignette. After buying the note, I was able to get his autograph.  |
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...smidgen better than foolscap Please elaborate on the above. Quote:
RMT Hunter depicted in the lower right vignette.
After buying the note, I was able to get his autograph. How old is Hunter now? |
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RMT Hunter passed away in July 1887
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Please elaborate on the above. These notes were printed on a lower grade, rather flimsy paper, certainly not any sort of bond, which, especially if meant to be durable, might contain rag fiber. This choice probably reflects the intent clearly stated on them that they were a temporary currency not supposed to circulate for longer than two years after the end of the war. Colligo ergo sum
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