Question On Five And Ten Dollar Confederate Bills?

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rlmstamps2012 New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 10/22/2020 2:24 pm While going through some old paper money that has been in my family for years, I came across these two bills. From reading many threads on the stamp forum, I know there are counterfeit stamps. These I assume have been with my family since the Civil War. My great, great grandfather Levi Burdon was in that war. I do see uneven cuts on the bills. My question is are they authentic, and if so what might their value be? Report this Post to the Staff

silverstash119 Valued Member United States 182 Posts	Posted 10/22/2020 2:56 pm I'm no expert at these, but I would assume it's not very common for these to be counterfeit, especially if they've been in your family since the civil war. I would judge value by searching for similar ones on ebay and filtering the sold items, it's a good gauge for what people are willing to spend. Condition is everything. If you were looking to sell I'd expect somewhere between $20-$100 per bill. I found some of these as well in some old family stuff. They're super cool, but not too uncommon. I'm just keeping mine for the historical value. $20- $100 comes and goes, but a bridge to your families history is worth more than that. Report this Post to the Staff
mikev50 Pillar of the Community United States 1893 Posts	Posted 10/22/2020 3:46 pm i just checked ebay and both your bills are listed---happy hunting--- Report this Post to the Staff
rlmstamps2012 New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 10/22/2020 4:21 pm Thank you both for your replies. I will most likely keep them. I was told by my mother that they were from her family. She would have been 100 years old this year. My concern was the uneven cut on the bills. Usually when we see that on coil stamps it means that someone tried to make a coil stamp out of a less expensive perforated stamp. Report this Post to the Staff
silverstash119 Valued Member United States 182 Posts	Posted 10/22/2020 4:44 pm These would have been hand cut I believe, and they're also hand signed, so not quite the same as current currency we have today. Uneven cutting like that is normal. Report this Post to the Staff
suipakpaikungfu Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 10/25/2020 12:27 pm They look OK to me! I'd guess them to be in the $40-60 range Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 10/26/2020 01:03 am Quote: I'm no expert at these, but I would assume it's not very common for these to be counterfeit, especially if they've been in your family since the civil war. Well, the provenance of a note cannot usually be confirmed beyond living memory, unless a family has been more meticulous than usual about its oral history. And Confederate notes are very widely copied, and have been ever since the War itself. It is, of course, not a crime to counterfeit Confederate currency, as American law never recognized the Confederacy as a legitimate government. It is only a crime to fraudulently sell a fake as genuine for an inflated price. Lists of serial numbers of frequently-copied Confederate notes are maintained all over the Internet; I use the oldest one, Crutchfield's Currency. By that list, the OP's notes are both OK. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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