Confederate money!!! 1864 YAY!

[olekyground]

Hey all!

I recently started collecting US paper currency. I ran across a woman I work with. Her husband recently passed away and he collected US money for 50 years. She said she had some paper notes she will bring in for me to look at. I wasnt expecting CONFEDERATE MONEY!!! Theres a 100 dollar bill, 10 dollar bill, 5, and a 1 dollar bill. The 5 and 10 are in excellent shape! I felt of them and examined them well they appear to be legit to me and everyone else I have shown them to. Thought I would get yall's 2 cents on them. I paid 50.00 for all 4 notes.

 

[DigginThePast]

The $5 is definitely a fake too. A good tip with these is to Google the serial number. Originals were all numbered differently, the fakes usually made them with the same, so if you find others with the same number it is a definite fake.

X-Ring on the serial numbers if you are near a computer.

If you are interested in purchasing real Confederate notes, look at a few real ones in a respectable shop first. The paper should be the first obvious tip off. Another tip off is the perfect margins. The margins on genuine notes will not be perfect, like those above, as they were hand cut.

 

[kane23]

If you look close you will find the word "Facimile' on each note, i have some fakes just like them. kane 23

 

[allen]

sounds like a good deal to me !!!

 

[olekyground]

I will have to admit that I am crushed, however I learned some valuable tips for next goaround. This way I know what I am looking for. Thanks guys for all the great advice! It was fun while it lasted. hehe. take care all

 

[Alarmadillo]

Sorry to be the buzz-kill, and don't beat yourself up over this. Life is full of lessons; enjoy the notes for what they are, and use the learning experience in your future collecting acquisitions.
Live and learn; don't let it dampen your enthusiasm for history and collecting.
Good luck!

 

[Tnmountains]

Ok now I am going to dig out all my notes and check them. Thanks for sharing as we all have learned from it.

 

[Indiana Digger]

Sorry that the paper money didn't work out for you.

I think I'll stick to "diggin"!

HH,


~Indiana Digger~

 

[Damon64]

Well that blows....

 

[badluck]

Too bad, but I thought they looked too well trimmed and centered on the paper. Bet they were printed in the 1960's during the centenial celebration.

 

[ZINCLID]

I BET HER NAME WAS CONNIE---FOR CON YE----HA.....SERIOUSLY, IT HAD ME FOOLED REALLY GOOD TOO---I THOUGHT FOR SURE YOU'D BOUGHT YOURSELF SOME SURE-NUFF CONFEDY NOTES---INSTEAD OF SOME BILLS THOUGHT OUGHT TO BE CONFETTI------DANG I WAS HOPING YOU HAD THE REAL DEAL---SOUNDS LIKE MY BLASTED LUCK MAN! THEY DO LOOK NICE AND WOULD BE GOOD AS PART OF A CIVIL WAR ITEM DISPLAY-------I WORKED MY HIND OFF THE LAST THREE DAYS FOR JUST A FEW CORRODED CENTS, A FEW DIMES, A FEW QUARTERS, ONE JUNKER EAR RING WITH FAKE DIAMOND, AND SOME FISHING WEIGHTS---ALL AT A LOCAL SALTWATER BEACH THAT USUALLY PRODUCES PLENTY CHANGE AND AN OCCASIONAL GOLD RING---AFTER 3 DAYS OF THAT DIGGING BEER AND POP CANS, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT EASY FOR A BIT--HA HA HA----A FEW DAYS ANYHOW---WHEW, THIS HOBBY IS WORK BUT IT'S WORK I LOVE-----GOODLUCK IN YOUR SEARCHES AND FUTURE PAPER MONEY PURCHASES---

 

[tlf67]

I got my Confederate money in Gatlinburg, TN. It was a couple of dollars.

 

[traverdog]

I hope they're worth more than you paid for them.

 

[Nutriasub]

.....sorry , they look beautiful anyway...

cheers

 

[txconservative]

Dad has some just like yours !!

They said FASCIMILE as well...

 

[Knipper]

These were made by the Whitman Publishing Co. When I was 11, back in 1961, you could buy packs of these as "play money" in some dime stores. You got a 3/4" thick stack of bills, in $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 denominations. We thought they were cool at the time as they looked real, old, and were bigger than the other play money out there. I think they cost 50 cents a pack or so. I had about 5 packets of these at one time. Dad threw them out (along with all my cap pistols and comic books ) when I got an apartment. I wish I had them today. They're still cool reproductions and were a lot of fun to play poker with.

Knipper

 

[minton7]

got burned on this type of thing before myself... lots of good fakes... chalk it up to experience

 

[KYBuzzBox]

One dead give away for the facsimiles is the even margins. All of the original confederate bills were cut out by hand...not by machine. They will make a nice wall display in a picture frame.