Confederate dollar

[coinsareawesome]

Paid about $30 dollars yesterday for an 1858 confederate dollar from the bank of south carolina. It has handwritten signatures. I cannot make out the first one, but the second one looks like c j shannon. The serial number is handwritten and is #19. It is in very good shape. Any ideas?
(PS, not able to post pics because of my reasons.)

 

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[allen_idaho]

The confederacy didn't exist until 1861. Making it just an obsolete state bank note and not a civil war relic.

This type of currency is valued based on the condition and rarity. As I am not too familiar with such currency, I would recommend that you get a valuation guide such as this one:
Standard Catalog of Obsolete Bank Notes: South Carolina (Download) | ShopNumismaster

 

[Peyton Manning]

you mean a real bank? how did they happen to have it?

 

[coinsareawesome]

No, I got it at an antique store in virginia. The guy had a whole bunch of different coins including a Booker T Washington commemorative silver half dollar for $24. It just happened to be a country store we stopped at on the way to verona, where the largest antique store on the east coast is located.

 

[coinsareawesome]

I know a few bills from the confederacy from the civil war are very common. If it's from before the civil war, does it make it rarer and possibly more valuable?

 

[coinsareawesome]

I found the name c j shannon. It looks like he worked for the town of camden, south carolina. I found it in manuscripts from 1838 to 1864.