Confederate money

[IAMZIM]

My co-worker showed me this 1864 $20 confederate bill today. I thought it was so cool i had to take a pic of it. Too bad it is in 4 peices! Would it have been worth anything if it wasnt?

 

[CSA2K]

$50 range in decent condition. Still a cool bill.

 

[lost hunter]

 

[l.cutler]

A genuine Confederate $20 in circulated condition is worth in the $30 something range. This piece unfortunately is a replica. If you look near the lower left 20 on the reverse you can see the word "facsimile".

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[IAMZIM]

A genuine Confederate $20 in circulated condition is worth in the $30 something range. This piece unfortunately is a replica. If you look near the lower left 20 on the reverse you can see the word "facsimile".

Ahh! What a bummer!

 

[ivan salis]

modern "repilca" fake copy .

 

[paratrooper]

Back when I was REAL young comic books often sold 1 million dollars of Confederate money for about $3. I had a bunch and went to give it to the guy driving the Good Humor (ice cream) truck. He must have thought I had stolen it from my dads collection or some such. He not only took it ($10 for an ice cream bar) but asked if I had more. I told him yes but not with me. The next day when he came back he had a different attitude about my "Confederate" money. Now he didn't want it. Evidentally he had shown it to someone that realized that he had been had. That day I had to pay with "Yankee" money. It's funny now but he was a victim of his own greed.

 

[NHBandit]

Whitman, the folks that make coin books, printed those up in the 60s if I remember correctly. Maybe to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Civil War ? Hell if I can remember. Cool to look at but not worth much if anything. Always look first for the "facsimile" printed on them & then if you don't see that look to make sure the signature is hand signed. If so you "might" have a real one but there are more fakes out there than genuine bills so buyer beware.

 

[allen]

I had to look for twenty minutes to find facsimile on the back.

 

[l.cutler]

You can also google the serial number, most of the known fakes are listed.

 

[uglymailman]

There was a lot of that reproduction money in early 60's. They even had bubble gum cards w/ battles etc. like baseball cards. Wish my Mom hadn't thrown out my stack of them. Our weekly readers also had "on this date 100 years ago".

 

[history hunter]

very cool!

 

[IAMZIM]

Back when I was REAL young comic books often sold 1 million dollars of Confederate money for about $3. I had a bunch and went to give it to the guy driving the Good Humor (ice cream) truck. He must have thought I had stolen it from my dads collection or some such. He not only took it ($10 for an ice cream bar) but asked if I had more. I told him yes but not with me. The next day when he came back he had a different attitude about my "Confederate" money. Now he didn't want it. Evidentally he had shown it to someone that realized that he had been had. That day I had to pay with "Yankee" money. It's funny now but he was a victim of his own greed.

That really is way too funny! Love that story!