STUNNING ORNATE CHOICE UNCIRC 1861 RICHMOND $5 w MEMMINGER T-34 Hammer Cancelled

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FABULOUS CIVIL WAR $5 You are viewing Confederate Note Type 16 in Choice Crisp Uncirculated condition, but you won't really view it until you hold it in your hand - it's way too nice to be appreciated in a scan. Issued right after the Civil War broke out, on September 2nd, 1861, this note displays the finest engraving of Keatinge and Ball in RIchmond. The Counters (panels displaying the denomination), the vignettes (steel-engraved illustrations), and the shaded lettering complemented by countless undulating flourishes hold their own against any pre-war Obsolete Currency design. The quality of the printing impression is the finest we've seen. The dapper bowtie-wearing Christopher Memminger (CSA Secretary of Treasury) looks so realistic it seems that he could start talking, and every fold in Minerva's toga at the upper right appears to be in 3-D. When you add the fact that the bill is completely UNCIRCULATED without a single fold, you know that you are looking at a true winner. Additional facts that should interest the Confederate history buff: This is the rare Z plate! The bill was backed by Confederate bonds paying 8% interest, and was payable six months after the ratification of a treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States. The bill is printed on "CSA" watermarked paper! The bill has 2 so-called "hammer" cancellations that are not visible from the front and that have been professionally sealed with archival tissue tape on the back (see second scan). The bill has been hand signed by two Confederate Treasury Officials. It is noteworthy that the "man on the money" (Memminger) was the "man who made the money" for the South!! He was in charge of issuing Confederate currency!! You would be hard pressed to find a nicer example of this bank note than the present one, which represents a superior investment in history, beauty, condition, and rarity!! Please browse our store for many more great Civil War collectibles! Christopher Gustavus Memminger (January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a prominent political leader and the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States of America . Early life and career Memminger was born in Vaihingen an der Enz , Germany (in what was then the Duchy of Württemberg ). His father, Gottfried Memminger, was a military officer who died in combat a month after his son's birth. His mother, Eberhardina Kohler Memminger, immigrated to Charleston, South Carolina , in the United States but died of yellow fever in 1807. Christopher was placed in an orphanage.Memminger's fortunes changed when, at the age of eleven, he was taken under the care of Thomas Bennett , a prominent lawyer and future Governor. Memminger was quite intelligent and entered South Carolina College at the age of 12 and graduating second in his class at 16. Memminger passed the bar in 1825 and became a successful lawyer. He married Mary Wilkinson in 1832. He entered state politics and served in the South Carolina state legislature from 1836 to 1852 and 1854 to 1860. Memminger was a staunch advocate of education and helped give Charleston one of the most comprehensive public school systems in the country. The original Confederate Cabinet . L-R: Judah P. Benjamin , Stephen Mallory , Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens , LeRoy Pope Walker , Jefferson Davis , John H. Reagan and Robert Toombs . Memminger was considered a moderate on the secession issue. But after Lincoln's election, Memminger decided secession was necessary. When South Carolina seceded from the United States in 1860, Memminger was asked to write the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union which outlined the reasons for secession. When other states also seceded, Memminger was selected as a South Carolina delegate to the provisional congress which formed the Confederate States of America and was the chairman of the committee which drafted the Confederate Constitution . The twel... read more

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