By R. Neil Hening for CoinWeek ….. Part of being a responsible numismatist is contributing to the greater knowledge about the origins of a numismatic piece. With that in mind I set out to explore the origins of a piece of private script from Virginia. It is a 12 ½ cent note issued by B. […]
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By R. Neil Hening and Robert W. Tharpe ….. Most of us are familiar with bonds issued by the Confederate government that were used to help fund the war and the government itself. Millions in bonds were authorized and they have been well-catalogued and published in Confederate and Southern States Bonds by Grover C. Criswell […]
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