How To Tell If Your Confederate Note Is Real *CSA fakes

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, 1863104199, 104508, 861343

50 Cent; Feb. 17, 18646850, 83999

$1; June 2, 1862355, 49092, 50381

$1; Dec. 2, 1862658

$1; Apr. 6, 18631468, 16168, 18094

$1; Feb. 17, 18643691,32984, 42507, 76280, 82129, 82283, 83383, 89983

$2; June 2, 18622473, 6476, 48590, 211765

$2; Dec. 2, 186237232

$2; Apr. 6, 186346695, 51572

$2; Feb. 17, 18644505, 18491, 32098, 34098, 48840, 93609, 98840

$5; Jul. 25, 18611953, 2070

$5; Sept. 2, 18614763, 11225, 16767, 24497, 138570, 138590

$5; Dec. 2, 18626250

$5; Apr. 6, 186316165, 81072

$5; Feb. 17, 18641138, 18262, 19640, 22147, 23580, 45806, 47333, 50243, 68771, 76280

$10; Jul. 25, 186191497

$10; Sept. 2, 1861420, 470, 1484, 5089, 8005, 8007, 19107, 71339, 77389, 81484

$10; Sept. 2, 1862581355

$10; Dec. 2, 18622973

$10; Apr. 6, 186337728, 50883

$10; Feb. 17, 18648470, 9825, 14077, 22462, 31680, 32515, 40674, 40679, 45447, 45951, 45956, 55411, 83185

$20; Jul. 25, 186193351

$20; Sept. 2, 18611524, 1624, 4854, 11220, 15241, 15247, 102745, 131720

$20; Dec. 2, 186239590, 61372

$20; Apr. 6, 186377786

$20; Feb. 17, 18641372, 2625, 2626, 13410, 18410, 23483, 46410, 76627, 80967, 93941

$20; illegible date15247

$50; Slaves hoeing, with various written dates in 18611365

$50; Geo. Washington to side, with various written dates in 18613866

$50; Jul. 25, 186149935

$50; Sept. 2, 186118441, 18443, 23510, 23961, 31351

$50; Dec. 2, 186260423, 85165

$50; Apr. 6, 18633987, 4553, 56557, 86557

$50; Feb. 17, 18645670, 5920, 14949, 24791, 25674, 59204, 61891, 70104, 72104, 77114

$100; with various written dates in 186185, 457, 487, 1367, 4182

$100; Jul.25, 1861323118

$100 with Train ;Various written dates May thru Oct. 186225208, 52042, 53453, 57939, 127208

$100; May 8, 1862108?

$100 with Slaves hoeing ;Various written dates Aug. 1862 thru Jan. 1863389, 459, 469, 4144, 50371, 65798

$100; Nov. 20, 186265798

$100; Dec. 2, 186284389

$100; Apr. 6, 186384, 933, 2248, 2575, 29063, 29200

$100; Feb. 17, 1864801, 836, 20396, 44248, 47128, 49953, 92685

$500 with various written dates in 186185

$500; Feb. 17, 1864393, 3546, 9229, 14682, 16599, 16760, 18278, 19834, 26326, 26949, 33546, 36776, 82210

$1,000; May 28, 186146A, 82A, 88A, 176A, 178A, 197A, 297A, 321A

$1,000 with various written dates in 186112, 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!



till then......................

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