Lot 253: Two Confederate Currency Bills

Two Confederate Paper Currency Bills: A -" Dec. 11, 1862" $100, "Richmond No. 99923," engraved by " Keating & Ball, Columbia, S.C.,' featuring a lithograph portrait of John C. Calhoun (left), the female figure Columbia on right. Above a scene of slaves working a field, with "interest paid" stamps on verso. B - "Feb. 17th, 1864," $2 bill, "Richmond No. 19558?," engraved by " Keating & Ball, Columbia, S.C., featuring a lithograph portrait of Judah Benjamin, attorney General and the first Jewish person to hold a cabinet seat. All Civil War Items are from the collection of Richard Vitagliano of Concord, NH, collected over Forty Years.

Price Realized: $200

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