1861 $10 (T-30) Sweet Potato Dinner VF
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Currency Highlights:
The nickname ‘Sweet Potato Dinner’ originates from the detailed depiction of General Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War hero from South Carolina, shown with an aide at a table with sweet potatoes. While this note has circulated, it remains in good condition, unlike many CSA notes that suffered due to the poor quality of paper used.
Once dismissed by collectors, these Confederate notes are now in demand and increasing in value. Collectors favor them for their diverse issues and variety of designs. To finance military operations during the Civil War, the Confederate government, like the U.S. government, printed paper money for the first time
This is the prized ‘sweet potato note’ from the Confederate States of America’s first year of issuance.
Currency Highlights:
- This CSA note is from the first series of notes issued by the Confederate States during the Civil War.
- The Sweet Potato Dinner note is housed in an archival currency sleeve to protect and preserve it.
- Note is in Very Fine condition.
- Hand-signed and serial numbered, catalogued as T-30.
- Obverse: Central vignette depicts a "Sweet Potato Dinner"and a portrait of R.M.T. Hunter, who was the Confederate Secretary of State, on the left, and the goddess Minerva to the right.
- Reverse: Blank.
The nickname ‘Sweet Potato Dinner’ originates from the detailed depiction of General Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War hero from South Carolina, shown with an aide at a table with sweet potatoes. While this note has circulated, it remains in good condition, unlike many CSA notes that suffered due to the poor quality of paper used.
Once dismissed by collectors, these Confederate notes are now in demand and increasing in value. Collectors favor them for their diverse issues and variety of designs. To finance military operations during the Civil War, the Confederate government, like the U.S. government, printed paper money for the first time
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