West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center; Laureen Wilson
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Confederate Money, A&M 0302, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection of paper currency issued by the Confederate State of America, during the years of the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Folder 1 contains 5 notes issued by the cities Lewisburg, Union, and Charlestown [now Charles Town], Confederate cities located in what is now the state of West Virginia (1861-1863). These items are black and white photocopies.
Folder 2 contains three treasury notes from the state of Virginia (1862) and two Confederate currency notes (1864).
Folder 3 contains 1 facsimile of a Confederate currency note and 1 novelty paper currency note (ca. 1905).
Please see A&M 2096, Currency Collection, for additional examples of Confederate currency.