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Browse Catalogue of Stack's October 2006 Atlanta Auction Limited to: The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 15 → United States Obsolete Currency → Paper Currency of the Civil War Era → Southern Private Scrip, Municipal Issues, and State Issued Notes of the Civil War Era Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Stack's October 2006 Atlanta → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 15 → United States Obsolete Currency → Paper Currency of the Civil War Era → Southern Private Scrip, Municipal Issues, and State Issued Notes of the Civil War Era Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 9034 ALABAMA. Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad Co. 25¢ EF $800.00 Marion. March 1, 1871. Green '25' protector at center. Workmen scenes at left and right. Engraved signature of N.[athan] B.[edford] Forrest, the Confederate Civil War general. Green security back. Henry Siebert & Co. No.79. Rosene 178-1; Rarity 2. Extremely Fine. Rust spot at upper right edge; Same Series. $2.00. Large green '2'. Style, engraved Forrest signature, and imprint as last. Green...  more 9035 ALABAMA. J. R. Powell, Montgomery, Alabama payable from New Orleans. 5¢ EF $1,300.00 in Stage Fare. Jan. 15, 1862 (off the paper). Printed on bond paper. All blue printing with red back, '5 Cents' in center flanked by large '5' counters. Eagle under title, large blue '5' on bottom. Left end panel with obligation, payable in five states: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. No imprint. Rosene 249-1; Rarity 7, ''no description.'' Choice grade. Extremely Fine. Trimmed...  more 9036 ALABAMA. Treasurer of Colbert County, Ala. $1.00 VF to EF $325.00 Tuscumbia. 1870's. Green face tint and green security back. Indian brave on horseback at left, train along bottom. 8% Interest bearing and 'Redeemable in U.S. Currency'. Corlies, Macy & Co. No.9750. Rosene 332-1; Rarity 7, but actually a high Rarity 6. Unissued as usual. A rare Reconstruction Era scrip, integral for use after the War when the ''shinplasters'' were more than worthless....  more 9037 ARKANSAS. C.C. Danley. 75¢ CH F $900.00 Little Rock. Oct. 4, '1862'. Printed on white paper. Typeset, ornate scroll at right. Payable in 'Treasury Notes of the Confederate States'. Rothert 411-2; Rarity 7. Choice Fine. A very solid note; Haynes Hotel. 25¢. Little Rock. March 13, 1863. Printed on brown paper. Female in left panel, dog and safe at bottom. Payable 'in Confederate Money'. Rothert 416-1; Rarity 7. About Fine, some...  more 9038 FLORIDA. State of Florida. $50.00 UNC $2,600.00 B. Tallahassee, Fla. 'Jan. 1, 1865'. No imprint, printed on the backs of 1864 $1.00 notes (split between two notes). Steamship at the top center over the title. At the left is obligation 'RECEIVABLE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN PAYMENT OF ALL DUES AND DEMANDS.' At the right 'PUBLIC LANDS OF THE STATE PLEDGED'. Criswell 42. Cassidy SN-33. Fully signed and issued. No.90. The serial number places...  more 9039 LOUISIANA. Bank of Commerce. $1.00 EF $400.00 New Orleans. 'May 5, 1862'. Green protector '1's flank vignette. Ship in harbor, upper corners with females holding medallions. Obligation '....Six Months After termination of the Present War...''. ABN imprint, plate style by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. No.3216. C. Haxby LA-30 G42a. Unissued. Extremely Fine; Same Series. $2.00. Green 'TWO'. New York Harbor scene, woman with telescope at the right....  more 9040 LOUISIANA. Bank of Louisiana. $3.00 VF to EF $1,400.00 New Orleans. 1861. Seated Mercury from old RWHE plate. Red over stamped ''Redeemable in Confederate Notes'' twice on the face. Haxby LA-75 G6b SENC. Fine; Same Issuer. $5.00 and $100.00. FDU plate types with 1862 written dates and blue ''Forced Issue'' stamps. LA-75 G8e and G24c; Same Issuer. $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, and $50.00. RWHE plate types with orange backs. Blue ''Forced Issue'' face stamps....  more 9041 LOUISIANA. Cook & Brother. $2.00 AU $500.00 New Orleans. March 15, 1862. Printed on yellow paper. Blue 'TWO'. Crossed rifles at left panel. Plow, ship and arm and hammer under title. Red (inverted) security back. Firm made arms for the Confederacy. Very popular title and getting scarce. Very Fine, tone spot at lower right; Louis Hubert-Confederate States Bakery, 498 Casacalvo Street. $1.00. Printed on brown bond paper. Red 'ONE'. Bakery...  more 9042 LOUISIANA. D. J. Hockersmith & Co., Southern Mills, 181 & 183 Poydras St VG $500.00 50¢. New Orleans. No date. red '50 CENTS'. Liberty in flowing flag skirt on North America, field workers at top. Confederate-Union hybrid style. Solid Very Good; Magee & George, No. 6 Magazine St. 50¢. New Orleans. Dec. 18, 1861. Printed on white bond paper. Title across top, medallion at upper right. 'Current Money'. Price Current print. Rarer type on this issuer. Fine; C.C. Morgan,...  more 9043 LOUISIANA. New Orleans and Bayou-Sara Mail Company. 50¢ CH F $800.00 New Orleans. Jan. 4, 1862. Printed on back of Louisiana State Bank draft. Curved title over packet boat; left end Ceres. Douglas. Sharp grade. Choice Fine; New Orleans Coast and Lafourche Transportation Co. $1.00. New Orleans. December 5, 1861. Printed on bond paper. Train at top, address 'No. 19 Conti Street' in left panel. Fine; Red River Packet Co. $1.00. New Orleans. Dec. 4, 1861. Printed...  more 9044 LOUISIANA. Parish of Carroll. $1.00 EF $200.00 'July 8, 1862'. Printed on white bond paper. Large red 'TEN'. Very Fine, bright and vivid; Parish of St. John the Baptist. $3.00. March 29, 1862. Printed on back of bond coupons. Red 'THREE'. Beauregard at left end, female seated with plow at top. Extremely Fine, but right end is slightly ragged. 2 pieces. 9045 MISSISSIPPI. Treasurer of Claiborne County. $5.00 VF $800.00 Aug. 5, 1862. Printed on blue paper. Typeset end panels with denomination. Payable in 'notes of this State or the Confederate States...'. Leggett 4; Rarity 5. Very Fine for the paper type. Bright and a sharp example; Treasurer of Pike County. $3.00. Holmesville. Dec. 22, 1862. Printed on brown paper. Typeset, thick end borders. '$3' over title. Tax note for the county. Leggett 4; Rarity 7....  more 9046 MISSISSIPPI. State of Mississippi. $50.00 F to VF $450.00 Jackson. 1862, written, payable in ''1863''. Man on horse, male portrait. ABN imprint. Criswell 2A. Fine to Very Fine. Some surface soiling; $20.00. 1860's. Eagle lower let, Indian mother at lower right. Green back. Paterson. Criswell 48. Unissued. Very Fine. Heavy handling. 2 pieces. 9047 MISSISSIPPI. Henry Gottig. $1 F $1,300.00 Magnolia. 'March 1, 1862'. Printed on white paper. Orange end panels, top frame lines and 'ONE' protector. Title across center, large '1' in oval at upper right. Price Current Print. Leggett 2; Rarity 7. A very tough scrip note and a bright and vivid example. Sharp Fine Plus, but some extended staple holes in the center nicely obscured by the color tint and printing. 9048 MISSISSIPPI. City of Natchez. 10¢, 25¢, $1.00, and $3.00 VF $800.00 1862 written dates. Green protector notes, engraved by RWHE. All vignetted styles. Overwritten in red, ''in Confederate Notes. The change bills are small format. Average Fine or so; Same Issuer. 10¢ (3), 25¢, 50¢ and $1.00. April 15, 1863. Blue typeset issue printed on backs of other notes. 10¢ notes are ''One Dime''. Plate varieties included. Average Very Fine. 10...  more 9049 MISSOURI. State of Missouri-Missouri Defence Bond. $4.00 EF $400.00 Steamboat upper left. Criswell 16; $4.50. Three females (as used on CSA T-17, adapted from Danforth, Bald & Co.). Criswell 15; $100.00. Red '100'. Governor at top. Green back. All are unissued. Average, Extremely Fine with typical tight trimming. 3 pieces. 9050 NORTH CAROLINA. Corporation of Elizabeth City. 25¢ VF $325.00 Oct. 7, 1861. Printed on thick brown paper. Masonic compass. Fine; Same Series. 50¢. Paper and date as last. Tree. Fine Plus; Same Issuer. 10¢. Jan. 23, 1862. Printed on brown rag paper. Horse drawn hearse? Very Fine; Same Issuer. 10¢. Paper as last. Jan. 23, 1862. Fire pump. Very Fine; 10¢. Jan.23, 1862. ''All Seeing Eye.'' Very Fine. The last three very crisp and the look...  more 9051 SOUTH CAROLINA. Keatinge & Ball. 50¢ F $150.00 Columbia. 'March 15, 1864'. Gothic title across center, small oval vignette of arm and hammer upper left, female at lower right. Imprint, Keatinge & Ball of course. Sheheen 932. Fine, slightly toned; Same Series. $2.00. Curved title with Justice below, boy's portrait at upper left. Sheheen 934. Fine. An attractive pair. 2 pieces. 9052 TENNESSEE. Bank of Chattanooga. 50¢ VG $300.00 April 2, 1863. White paper. Red protectors. Very Fine; Same Issuer. $2.00. August 28, 1861. Printed on white paper. Green 'TWO'. Agriculture seated. J. Manouvrier. Fine; Same Issuer. $2.00 and $3.00. Jan. 4, 1863. Keatinge & Ball series. Both Very Fine; Corporation of Chattanooga. 15¢. August 7, 1861. Printed on thin white paper. Red none star flag, 'Now or Never'. Fine, a bit frail with splits;...  more 9053 TENNESSEE. East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad Co. 50¢ AB VF $500.00 Knoxville. 'June 20, 1862' Printed on blue paper. Red '50's and 'FIFTY'. Train heading west. A very scarce issuer and series. About Very Fine. Small tone spot on bottom edge; County of Monroe. 10¢. Madisonville. Jan. 5, 1863. Printed on white ruled paper. Red '10' upper right. Train heading east. Extremely Fine; Same Series. 25¢. Styles as last, elk at the top center. Very Fine, some...  more 9054 TENNESSEE. Bank of Tennessee. 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, and $1.00 EF $500.00 Nashville. December 1, 1861. Printed on white paper. Each with Spanish coin vignettes. J. Manouvrier, New Orleans imprints. Haxby TN-195 G54a, G60b, G62b, and G64a. All are Extremely Fine or better. Very high grade for this issue. 4 pieces. 9055 TEXAS. Treasurer of the City of Houston. 50¢ F $600.00 June 29, 1865. Small format typeset note on white rag paper. Large '50' in center under title. Obligation in end panel. Payable in 'U.S. Currency or City Warrants'. Green printed back with oval cartouche surrounding obligation. Unlisted Series in Medlar. A very rare Union period issuer from Houston. Fine. Trimmed in slightly at the top left, but a sharp note. 9056 TEXAS. Treasurer of Collin County. 50¢ F to VF $550.00 McKinney, Texas. 'Oct' 23, '1862'. Printed on backs of blue document paper. Typeset with ornate end panel at left. Unlisted denomination in Medlar. Certainly a high Rarity 6 note. A very rare county warrant type. For the paper type, a solid Fine to Very Fine. 9057 TEXAS. Treasurer of Nacogdoches County, Texas. $2.00 F $300.00 Nacogdoches. Dec. 2, '1862'. Printed on brown rag paper once used for bonds. Typeset within pattern frame, denomination 'TWO DOLLARS' in left panel. Payable in 'Confederate Notes'. Medlar 14; Rarity 6. Fine Plus. Fairly bright. 9058 TEXAS. Alexander & Co. $5.00 F $3,200.00 Sabine Pass. July 1, 1862. Printed on the backs of bonds. Light red tint lathe with green 'FIVE DOLLARS'. Curved title over 'V' in center. Left panel with '5'. Imprint of Texas Printing House, Houston-E.W. Cave. Unlisted denomination in Medlar. A rare series of notes from this historic site. A very sharp note for this period and paper type. Fine Plus. Excellent color on the back. 9059 VIRGINIA. Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia Treasury Note. $5.00 EF $270.00 Richmond. 1861. Female seated with 'V' upper right. Criswell 5. Fine to Very Fine; $10.00. Same series. Liberty at left, adapted from Danforth. Criswell 4. Extremely Fine. Petty handling. Both are Hoyer & Ludwig types. 2 pieces. 9060 VIRGINIA. Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia Treasury Note. $5.00 AU $400.00 Richmond. March 13, 1862. Printed on 'Hodgkinson/Wookey Hole Mill'' watermarked paper. Green end and green counters. Portrait under title. Keatinge & Ball. Criswell 14. A tough watermark type. About Uncirculated, handling and trimmed in across the bottom; Same Series. $10.00. Printed 'GREEN & SON' watermark. Green protectors. Criswell 12. Extremely Fine. Handling. 2 pieces. 9061 VIRGINIA. Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia Treasury Note. $5.00 AU $220.00 Richmond. March 13, 1862. Printed on 'Hodgkinson/Wookey Hole Mill'' watermarked paper. Green end and green counters. Portrait under title. Keatinge & Ball. Criswell 14. A tough watermark type. About Uncirculated, wrinkling and trimmed in across the bottom. Back pencil notation. 9062 VIRGINIA. Corporation of Charlottesville. 25¢ AB VF $400.00 Charlottesville. January 21, 1862. Printed on white rag paper. Ceres at the left. Curved title over obligation. Jones & Littlefield TC10-08; Rarity 5E. Fine. Bright and attractive for the note series; Corporation of Fredericksburg. 25¢. Printed on brown paper. Typeset with fancy pattern ends with '25'. TF05-27; Rarity 3B. Unissued. About Very Fine. 2 pieces. 9063 VIRGINIA. Selection of Civil Period Issued Banknotes. Bank of Pittsylvania. $5 VG $450.00 00 and $10.00. Chatham. May 16, 1861 written dates. Engraved ABN notes, green protectors and frames. Very Fine and Very Good; Same Issuer. $1.00. Sept. 1861. Men with horses. Emergency issue on white paper. Very Good; Same Issuer. $5.00. Green protectors. Hoyer & Ludwig series. Cherubs make wine. Fine, but right end is rough edged; Bank of Howardsville. $50.00. Howardsville. July 8, 1861. Green panel...  more Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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