Merchants and Planters Bank, Georgia $3 Note

State of Georgia, The Merchants and Planters Bank, Savannah, Ga., $3 note. Large vignette at the center of a steamship, with bust of famous American Statesman Henry Clay at the lower right. Georgia State Arms at bottom center. Large "THREE" in red overprint at bottom. This is an unissued remainder note, and does not have a serial number, date or signatures on it. Corner and edge chipping, with a couple of very small holes at left of the note. Worn condition. This obsolete $3 Georgia bank note is very rare, and is much more expensive in a...  

1863 State of South Carolina 15 Cents Note

Imprinted fractional note, with vignette of South Carolina State Seal, the palmetto tree, at the center. The Bank of the State of South Carolina 15, 15, Will Pay Bearer On Demand "In Current Funds." Fifteen Cents over print in blue. Feb. 1, 1863. Signed in ink at the bottom. Fifteen, Issued under Act Feb., 1863, is printed in red on the reverse. VG.  

The New Orleans Canal Banking Company $20 Note

New Orleans, circa 1840's. Large vignette at the center of a superimposed "20" surrounded by angels. "20" is also at all 4 corners of the note. Steamship at bottom, with a male figure at the left, and a female figure wearing a hat at the right. Fancy red reverse with "20 TWENTY 20" at the center. Plate A. Published by Toppan, Carpenter & Co., Phil., & N.Y. This is an unissued remainder note, and does not have a serial number, date or signatures on it. Originally stored in the Canal Bank's vault waiting to be issued, it has...  

1861 Confederate $100 Note

Slaves loading cotton onto a wagon

T-13. Richmond, Va., September 2d, 1861. Vignette of slaves loading cotton on a wagon at center, and a sailor standing next to a bale of cotton at left. Very fine plus condition. A very desirable early war Confederate States of America note.  

1863 State of Georgia $100 Note

Milledgeville, Ga., February 1st, 1863. The State Of Georgia One Hundred Dollars. Georgia State Arms at upper center flanked on both sides by "100." Bust of Georgia's Civil War Governor Joseph E. Brown, cotton plant, and wheat in panel at left. Hundred in panel at right. Signed in ink by the Comptroller General, and Treasurer. Georgia Treasury Seal is stamped in black on the verso. Near uncirculated condition. Very nice war date Georgia note with an orange overprint at the center.  

1860 Farmers & Mechanics Bank $2 Note, Savannah, Georgia

With vignette of Slaves picking cotton

June 1, 1860, Savannah, Georgia, with vignettes of slaves picking and carrying cotton at right, and farm animals at left. There is also a railroad train at the bottom center of this attractive black and orange bank note. Two Dollars at center, with "2" at upper left and right. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. Very fine plus condition.

WBTS Trivia: The Farmers and Mechanics Bank, of Savannah, Georgia, was formerly known as The Mechanics Savings Bank, and it started business in 1860,...  

1863 State of South Carolina 75 Cents Note

Imprinted fractional note, with vignette of South Carolina State Seal, the palmetto tree, at the center. The Bank of the State of South Carolina "75," "75" on opposite sides of the tree. Will Pay Bearer On Demand "In Current Funds." Seventy-Five Cents over print in blue. Feb. 1, 1863. Signed in ink at the bottom. Seventy-five, Issued under Act Feb., 1863, is printed in red on the verso. Overall a crisp, nice war date example of a South Carolina bank note.

WBTS Trivia: South Carolina held the distinction of being the...  

1863 State of Louisiana $50 Note

Shreveport, March 10th, 1863. Vignette of Confederate General Leonidas Polk, the "Fighting C.S.A. Bishop," at center. Liberty at right. Fancy green reverse. Fine.

WBTS Trivia: General Leonidas Polk was killed in action on June 14, 1864, at Pine Mountain, Georgia, during the Atlanta campaign.
 

1862 The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company 10 Cents Note

Atlanta, Ga., June 2, 1862. Vignette of railroad train at upper center. Red overprint. Ink signatures of the treasurer and representative of the superintendent. Perforated cancellation which is typical. Fine.

The Western & Atlantic Railroad was the line the famous "General" ran on. The "General" was the Confederate train which was captured deep in Southern territory, on April 12, 1862, by a daring group of 22 Yankee raiders, ("Andrews Raiders") at Big Shanty, Georgia. The subsequent chase became known as "The...  

1863 State of Georgia 50 Cents Note

Milledgeville, Ga., January 1st, 1863. Vignette of 3 workmen at upper center. "50" in oval at left and right sides of the note. The State Of Georgia, Fifty Cents. Light edge, corner, and over all wear. VG.  

1864 Confederate $20 Note

T-67. Richmond, February 17, 1864. Illustration of the State Capitol at Nashville, Tennessee at the center, and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens at lower right. Fancy blue reverse. Very fine.  

1862 Confederate $1 Note

T-44. Richmond, June 2, 1862. Steamship at sea is the central theme with Liberty at left, and Lucy Holcombe Pickens at right. Very good/fine.