Confederate States of America, 3 x Banknotes comprising: (1) 20 dollars dated September 2 1861,...
Confederate States of America, 3 x Banknotes comprising: (1) 20 dollars dated September 2 1861, First Series, plate 5, serial No. 72780; printed by B Duncan, Richmond; allegorical female figure representing Industry at centre, winged Cupid to left & beehive to right, lower left corner features a portrait of Alexander Stephens (Vice-President of the Confederacy), at right above XX an allegorical figure of Hope leaning on an anchor, (2) 10 dollars September 2 1861 (erroneously dated September 2 1862), Third Series, plate M (Terms of Redemption read "Six Months After"); allegorical figure of Ceres seated on cotton bales at centre, portrait of Robert Hunter (Secretary of State of the Confederacy) at lower right & (3) 10 dollars dated September 2 1861, Second Series, plate W, serial No. 11823; allegorical figure of Hope leaning on an anchor in centre, portraits of Christopher Memminger (Secretary of the Confederate Treasury) at right & Robert Hunter to left, two red 'X's' ('coarse lace' type) denoting denomination; all with a few tiny pinholes o/wise VF