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Confederate 100 Dollars

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English: A One Hundred Dollar Confederate States of America banknote dated December 22, 1862. Issued during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

Slave hoeing cotton in the center with John C. Calhoun on the left and Columbia on the right. Over 670,000 of these notes were issued from August, 1862 to January, 1863. [1]

The bill is 7.375 by 3.125 inches (187 mm by 79 mm) and is thinner than a modern US dollar.

Annotations on the banknote.

Serial number 131615
Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C. (lower left)
Receivable in Payment of All Dues Except Export Duties. (lower right)
Issued by Maj. James Glover, q.m. 26th January 1863 (hand written on back)
Interest Paid to 1st January 1864 at Richmond. (stamped on back) The ink from this stamp can be seen on the front right side.
Türkçe: Amerikan İç Savaşı sırasında, Amerika Konfedere Devletleri tarafından çıkarılan 22 Aralık 1862 tarihli 100 dolarlık banknot. Banknotun orta bölmünde pamuk çapalayan köleler, solda Birleşik Devletler'in 7. Başkan Yardımcısı John C. Calhoun, sağda ise ABD'nin kişileştirilmiş sembolü olan Columbia yer alır. Ağustos 1862 - Ocak 1863 aralığında, 670.000'den fazla banknot tedavüle çıkarılmıştır. [2]
Date 22 December 1862
Scanned October 2008.
Source This banknote was scanned by User:Swtpc6800 (Michael Holley) on an Epson Perfection 1240U at 600 dpi and stored as TIFF. The image was cropped in Adobe Photo Elements 5.0 and saved as a 600 dpi Maximum Quality JPG
Author Confederate States of America.
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current04:15, 25 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 04:15, 25 November 20084,476 × 1,908 (4.89 MB)Swtpc6800 (talk | contribs)New crop from the TIFF master, this restored an accidental erasure on John C. Calhoun's collar. The crop leaves a small amount of white space to show the banknote is not a perfect rectangle. They were hand cut from a sheet of banknotes.
03:23, 25 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 03:23, 25 November 20084,464 × 1,900 (4.86 MB)Lycaon (talk | contribs)cropped tight
02:57, 25 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 02:57, 25 November 20084,500 × 1,950 (4.89 MB)Swtpc6800 (talk | contribs)Cropped border
02:49, 19 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 02:49, 19 November 20084,650 × 2,100 (4.92 MB)Swtpc6800 (talk | contribs)Missed a spot. Cleaned background.
02:07, 19 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 02:07, 19 November 20084,650 × 2,100 (4.92 MB)Swtpc6800 (talk | contribs)Cleaned up background
20:39, 5 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 20:39, 5 October 20084,650 × 2,100 (13.1 MB)Swtpc6800 (talk | contribs){{Information | Description=A One Hundred Dollar Confederate States of America banknote dated December 22, 1862. The bill is 7.375 by 3.125 inches (187 mm by 79 mm) and is thinner that a modern US dollar. Annotations on the banknote. :Keatinge & Ball,

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