A List Of Known Confederate Note Facsimiles
I frequently receive e-mails from persons wanting to know if the $500 Confederate note featuring the picture of Stonewall Jackson they have had in the family for ages, is real or not. If it has one of the following serial numbers: 16760, 18278, 26949 or 36776, then it is not real but rather a modern reproduction. Many reproduction or facsimile notes are printed on paper that has been chemically treated to give it an old, parchment-type look. The signatures at the bottom of these reproductions are usually stamped or signed in black ink. Nearly all original Confederate notes as well as most Southern State banknotes, were signed in brown ink, sometimes red or blue ink, but never black ink. Facsimile notes greatly outnumber the originals and generally were intended to commemorate the Civil War Centennial. These notes are available at historic battlefields or from Sutlers at many local Civil War reenactments. Some facsimile notes also were offered during the 1950's in boxes of Cheerios cereal and in the 1960's and 70's as promotional items for Topps and A.B.C. gum companies. The following is a list of known serial numbers that are modern reproductions of Confederate notes. This list was compiled based on my own recording of known fakes that are sold at re-enactments, gift shops, and flea markets, in addition to various sources such as the American Numismatic Association, rec.collecting.paper-money newsgroup and others. Notes on this list are modern copies and have no collector value.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
50 Cent; Apr. 6, 1863
104199, 104508, 861343
50 Cent; Feb. 17, 1864
6850, 83999
$1; June 2, 1862
355, 49092, 50381
$1; Dec. 2, 1862
658
$1; Apr. 6, 1863
1468, 16168, 18094
$1; Feb. 17, 1864
3691,32984, 42507, 76280, 82129, 82283, 83383, 89983
$2; June 2, 1862
2473, 6476, 48590, 211765
$2; Dec. 2, 1862
37232
$2; Apr. 6, 1863
46695, 51572
$2; Feb. 17, 1864
4505, 18491, 32098, 34098, 48840, 93609, 98840
$5; Jul. 25, 1861
1953, 2070
$5; Sept. 2, 1861
4763, 11225, 16767, 24497, 138570, 138590
$5; Dec. 2, 1862
6250
$5; Apr. 6, 1863
16165, 81072
$5; Feb. 17, 1864
1138, 18262, 19640, 22147, 23580, 45806, 47333, 50243, 68771, 76280
$10; Jul. 25, 1861
91497
$10; Sept. 2, 1861
420, 470, 1484, 5089, 8005, 8007, 19107, 71339, 77389, 81484
$10; Sept. 2, 1862
581355
$10; Dec. 2, 1862
2973
$10; Apr. 6, 1863
37728, 50883
$10; Feb. 17, 1864
8470, 9825, 14077, 22462, 31680, 32515, 40674, 40679, 45447, 45951, 45956, 55411, 83185
$20; Jul. 25, 1861
93351
$20; Sept. 2, 1861
1524, 1624, 4854, 11220, 15241, 15247, 102745, 131720
$20; Dec. 2, 1862
39590, 61372
$20; Apr. 6, 1863
77786
$20; Feb. 17, 1864
1372, 2625, 2626, 13410, 18410, 23483, 46410, 76627, 80967, 93941
$20; illegible date
15247
$50; Slaves hoeing, with various written dates in 1861
1365
$50; Geo. Washington to side, with various written dates in 1861
3866
$50; Jul. 25, 1861
49935
$50; Sept. 2, 1861
18441, 18443, 23510, 23961, 31351
$50; Dec. 2, 1862
60423, 85165
$50; Apr. 6, 1863
3987, 4553, 56557, 86557
$50; Feb. 17, 1864
5670, 5920, 14949, 24791, 25674, 59204, 61891, 70104, 72104, 77114
$100; with various written dates in 1861
85, 457, 487, 1367, 4182
$100; Jul.25, 1861
323118
$100 with Train ;Various written dates May thru Oct. 1862
25208, 52042, 53453, 57939, 127208
$100; May 8, 1862
108?
$100 with Slaves hoeing ;Various written dates Aug. 1862 thru Jan. 1863
389, 459, 469, 4144, 50371, 65798
$100; Nov. 20, 1862
65798
$100; Dec. 2, 1862
84389
$100; Apr. 6, 1863
84, 933, 2248, 2575, 29063, 29200
$100; Feb. 17, 1864
801, 836, 20396, 44248, 47128, 49953, 92685
$500 with various written dates in 1861
85
$500; Feb. 17, 1864
393, 3546, 9229, 14682, 16599, 16760, 18278, 19834, 26326, 26949, 33546, 36776, 82210
$1,000; May 28, 1861
46A, 82A, 88A, 176A, 178A, 197A, 297A, 321A
$1,000 with various written dates in 1861
12, 88A
$10,000 (no such denomination ever printed by the CSA)
88
$100,000; Jul. 5, 1861 (no such denomination ever printed by CSA)
4832
Hope this helps a bit!
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