Old $500 bills can be worth anywhere between $550 to $1,600 depending on its condition. As shown in our guide, some $500 bills can be worth a lot more. One of the most valuable $500 bills we’ve ever purchased was a 1928 $500 star note in uncirculated (no folds) condition. We’ve been dealing and collecting with collectible paper money for. Confederate $10. 00 Richmond Note - Hand Signed - Dated February 17, 1864 Authentic. Confederate $50. 00 Richmond Note - Hand Signed - Dated December 2, 1862 - Authentic. 1863 Ten Cents State Of South Carolina Civil War Era Currency Circulated.

Value Of Real Confederate Money For Sale
Value Of Real Confederate Money Worth

In Texas, hundreds of African-Americans were forced to leave their families to work on building coastal forts and perform other labor to help the Confederate military. Confederate 50¢ Note. Confederate $1 Note. Confederate $2 Note. Confederate $5 Note. Confederate $10 Note. Confederate $20 Note. Confederate $100 Note. Confederate $500 Note.

The Confederate government issued its own money. Almost all Confederate notes were hand-signed, numbered, and cut by Treasury clerks in Richmond. The currency was backed by bonds and guaranteed only after the signing of a peace treaty between the United States and the Confederacy.

As the likelihood of peace dimmed, the notes quickly lost their value. In addition, the federal government flooded the Confederacy with counterfeit bills, contributing to the collapse of the currency.

At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy imposed a property tax of 0.5% on its citizens. This tax did not bring in enough revenue, so in 1863 the Confederacy imposed a tithe which required Confederate farmers to give ten percent of everything they raised to the government. The tithe yielded valuable cotton, tobacco, produce, and livestock for the Confederate war effort, but was extremely unpopular with the people.In addition to the tithe, Confederate citizens were subject to impressment, which allowed military officers to confiscate anything they thought might be useful to the war effort, including slaves. In Texas, hundreds of African-Americans were forced to leave their families to work on building coastal forts and perform other labor to help the Confederate military.

Confederate 50¢ Note

50 cents, February 17, 1864. Note depicts Jefferson Davis.

Confederate $1 Note

$1, June 2, 1862. Steamship (center); Lucy Holcomb Pickens, the first lady of South Carolina (right); and Liberty (left). Pickens (1832-1899) was known as the Queen of the Confederacy for her beauty and brilliance, and helped shape the legend of the southern belle.

Confederate $2 Note

$2, June 2, 1862. https://wbtree.amebaownd.com/posts/23202898. The South striking down the Union (center); and Judah P. Benjamin, the Secretary of State of the Confederacy (left).

Confederate $5 Note

$5, September 2, 1861. Commerce seated on a bale of cotton (center); and a sailor (left).

Confederate $10 Note

$10, September 2, 1861. Francis Marion’s sweet potato dinner (center); Minerva (right); and Robert M.T. Hunter, the Secretary of State of the Confederacy (left). Marion was a Revolutionary War hero known as the Swamp Fox. According to legend, he shared his humble dinner with a British general, impressing the enemy with his willingness to fight on under difficult conditions.

Confederate $20 Note

$20, September 2, 1861. Industry seated between Cupid and a beehive (center); Hope (right); and Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy (left).

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Confederate $100 Note

$100, February 17 ,1864. Lucy Holcomb Pickens (center); George W. Randolph, Secretary of War for the Confederacy (right); two soldiers (left).

Confederate $100 Note — Front

Confederate $100 Note — Back

Confederate $500 Note

$500, February 17, 1864. Stonewall Jackson (right); Confederate coat of arms (left).

Tithe and theft in Lavaca County

Confederate tithe documents and affidavit on women taking tithed cotton in Lavaca County, October 25, 1864. Adjutant General’s Correspondence.

Cotton Affidavit from Lavaca County

Brown Cotton Tithe

Andrews Cotton Tithe

We sell a wide range of Obsolete bank notes, United States and Confederate States currency spanning the 1800s through the 1860s. Our items for sale are presented in PDF text lists with attribution, grade (traditional/EAC, third party, or both), and price. Selected items are pictured in the gallery. Since we have far more inventory than we can post pictures for, please contact us for pictures or scans for items not featured in the galleries.

Obsolete Currency 1800-1866
Confederate Currency 1861-1865
Southern State Currency 1830s-1873
US Currency 1861-1869

Obsolete Currency 1800-1866
Obsolete currency (also known as bank notes or broken bank notes) was issued by banks during the antebellum and Civil War era from the 1780s through 1866 in the United States. Presumably backed by gold, this currency was used locally to simplify commerce for transactions requiring gold coins. There were over 3,000 banks and related institutions that issued this money in more than 50,000 distinctive designs! A fascinating area to collect, collectors usually focus on towns or state important to them or the vignettes on the notes like eagles or trains. Many obsolete bank notes may be purchased for less than $200 making this an affordable arena to collect.

I use the traditional or collector grading described in Collecting Confederate Paper Money as well as third party grading with my modifying stickers indicating superior notes – plus, choice and gem for the grade.

Conn. Litchfield Bank $20

Georgia Mechanics Savings Bank $10

Penn. Allegheny Bank $10

Virginia Bank of Richmond $5

Confederate Currency 1861-1865
Confederate Treasury notes or currency was issued by the national government of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865 in seven series. There are 70 regular issue types to collect, three popular fantasy notes, contemporary counterfeits made mostly in the Union, varieties of the types including major watermarks and errors, and military, civilian and place issued interest bearing 1861 and $100 1862 notes. We deal in all the above and have built collections in every area. Collections may range from around $1000 for a nine note set of 1864 or eight note set of 1863 to as high as you want to go collecting major rarities, varieties, military issues and other fascinating examples.

CSA T-10 $10 1861

1861 $5 T-12 PF-1

CSA T-19 $20 1861

CSA T-22 $10 1861

CSA T-23 $10 1861

CSA T-24 $10 1861

1861 $10 T-24 PF-7

CSA T-27 $10 1861 Eagle and Shield

CSA T-32 $5 1861

CSA T-39 $100 1862

CSA T-40 $100 1862 San Antonio

CSA T-41 $100 1862

Southern State Currency 1830s-1873
In addition to the well-known and popular Confederate Treasury notes, most of the southern states issued paper money as well. There were a few antebellum issues, notably the Republic of Texas notes. While the United States Constitution forbade the states from issuing money, the Confederate Constitution allowed it – hence these beautiful and affordable notes from numerous states.

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Alabama 1864 $10 Cr 14

Florida 1863 $3 Cr 20

Miss. 1862 $50 Cr 2Ac

Miss. 1862 $3 Cr 26

Missouri 186