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Valued Member
United States
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bought this many years ago. To quote Yoda, 'when 160 years old you are, look this good you will not' but maybe he's wrong, it's definitely in rough shape. However...is it real?   Edited by TheSerialFlorist
08/30/2023 12:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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SerialFlorist, it appears to be genuine from your pics. This note was issued - readily available on the web. Close examination would be required to determine if it is a counterfeit.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks real to me but in pretty rough shape.
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Moderator
Australia
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There are websites you can go to, to look up serial numbers of commonly encountered replica Confederate notes. I believe the oldest and most reliable such website is this one maintained by Crutchfields CurrencyYou simply look up the date of issue of the note, the denomination, and the serial number. If it appears on the list, it's 100% fake. If it doesn't appear, it's almost certainly genuine. In this case, $100, 1864, serial # 32172... it's not on the list. So looks like it's good.  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
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, genuine but pretty ragged.
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United States
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pretty nice note for its age.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
I also believe your note is referred to as a "Lucy Pickens" note due her portrait being in the center of the note.
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Valued Member
 United States
116 Posts |
thx all for the great info guys,
I looked her up, Lucy Pickens was the Governor of South Carolina's wife, "Queen of the Confederacy". and she helped shape the stereotype of the "Southern belle".
I also looked up the other guy, that's George W. Randolph, who was the Confederate States Secretary of War in 1862.
Bill not worth much, way better as a conversation piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Like the others, I'm fairly certain the note is genuine. Lucy Pickens was definitely a force to be reckoned with in the old south. Another woman with clout was Varian Anne Banks Howell Davis, or as most people knew her, Mrs Jefferson Davis.  |
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