| During the Civil War there were many notes | | | | pay of the confederate veterans. The |
| issued by the Confederate States of America of | | | | Confederate soldiers received their pay in these |
| interest to Numismatic and Civil War collectors. | | | | notes. Some of these notes bore the statement |
| Confederate notes or Confederate currency are | | | | approximately as follows: "Six months after a |
| unique in the fact that their chief difference is in | | | | ratification of a treaty of peace between the |
| the values, engravers, lithographers, printer | | | | United States of America and the Confederate |
| names, figures, designs, colors, water marks, | | | | States of America, pay to the bearer the sun of |
| serial letters and other distinguishing features.The | | | | ______ dollars, with interest at 8 percent." As |
| first of these were issued at the first capitol of | | | | there was no treaty of peace favorable to the |
| the Confederacy, which was at Montgomery, | | | | Confederates, these notes lost their value upon |
| Alabama under the Act of March 9, 1861. All other | | | | the unconditional surrender of the Confederates |
| after that date were issued from a new capitol at | | | | to General Grant. Many of the wealthier |
| Richmond, VA. Over 60 different notes were | | | | Southerners had invested all their money in these |
| issued from 1861 to 1864 in values of $1000.00, | | | | notes and were for the most part bankrupt at |
| $500.00, $100.00, $50.00, $20.00, $10.00, $5.00, | | | | the end of the war.Glyn Farber has published a |
| $2.00, $1.00, and 50 cents. The Confederate | | | | catalog of all known Hickey Brother Cigar Store |
| issues may be compared with the continental | | | | Tokens and co-authored a book about Louisiana |
| issues, during the war of independence. At the | | | | Trade Tokens. In addition he wrote several |
| end of the Civil War, Confederate notes were of | | | | articles for The Token and Medal Society (TAMS) |
| little value. However, today the value of these | | | | and The National Token Collectors Association |
| notes are far from worthless. Prices range from | | | | (NTCA). Glyn has been a devoted collector of |
| under $100.00 for most to $10,000 or | | | | Louisiana Trade Tokens, Louisiana collectibles and |
| more.These Confederate notes represented the | | | | Lake Charles, LA postcards for almost 40 years. |