1862 $50 CSA JEFFERSON DAVIS CONFEDERATE NOTE T-50 LQQK Start Price USD 225.00 Current Price USD 225.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, December 02, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Location Metairie, Louisiana See more about '1862 $50 CSA JEFFERSON DAVIS CONFEDERATE NOTE T-50 LQQK' Description *** NO RESERVE *** THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL 1862 FIFTY DOLLARS CSA CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR BANK NOTE........T-50....# 356...C SERIES.....THIRD SERIES.....CSA WATERMARK....SERIAL NUMBER 10943.......SERIAL NUMBERS IN BLACK INK.....ONLY 414,000 ISSUED.....OBVERSE IS PRINTED IN GREEN AND BLACK INK.....CSA PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS IS IN THE CENTER......REVERSE IS ORNATE GREEN.......THE NOTE WAS ISSUED DECEMBER 2, 1862 IN RICHMOND VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR.......THIS NOTE IS VERY UNIQUE AND SIMPLE.....VERY SCARCE.....IT IS A VERY NICE CIRCULATED NOTE.....THIS AS IN MOST CIVIL WAR AND EARLIER NOTES WERE CUT UNEVEN......WHOLE SHEETS OF NOTES WERE CUT BY HAND WITH LARGE SHEARS BY INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE ( ESPECIALLY DURING THE CIVIL WAR YEARS, BECAUSE MOST WERE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS )........QUANTITY WAS MORE IMPORTANT THEN QUALITY....THIS AS IN MOST EARLY CIRCULATED NOTES HAVE CONTEMPORARY STAINS, FOLDS AND ARE SOILED DUE TO AGE, PLACES OF STORAGE AND AMOUNT OF CIRCULATION........IT HAS NO TEARS, REPAIRS, PATCHED AREAS......VERY NICE NOTE.....THIS IS A EXTREMELY FINE / ABOUT UNCIRCULATED NOTE...ALL IS ORIGINAL......A GOOD PIECE OF CONFEDERATE HISTORY..........IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE NOVICE/ADVANCE COLLECTOR....I PUT THE LARGEST PHOTO ALLOWED BY THIS AUCTION, NOTHING IS HIDDEN, WHAT YOU SEE IN PHOTO's IS WHAT YOU GET....THEY ARE A GREAT PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.....146 YEARS OLD...AND YES, A GOOD PIECE OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY...PRICED TO SELL....A GREAT GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS......   **** THIS AS IN SOME NOTES WERE CANCELED....WHEN CSA NOTES WERE RETIRED FROM CIRCULATION, THEY WERE CANCELLED...THIS KEPT THEM FROM BEING SURREPTITIOUSLY RETURNED TO COMMERCE...CSA NOTES WERE CANCELLED IN FOUR WAYS.......NOTES WERE CANCELLED BY AN " X " USUALLY IN TWO PLACES ON THE NOTE....THE STAMP CUTTING " X " WAS MADE OF METAL AND A WOODEN HAMMER WAS USED TO FORFILL THE CUT, THEY ARE CALLED " CUT CANCEL ( CC ) " NOTES...THE SECOND CANCELLING TYPE WAS THE " CUT OUT CANCEL ( COC ) " ....AGAIN THE PUNCH WAS MADE OF METAL AND A WOODEN HAMMER WAS USED TO FORFILL THE CUT...THEY HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF PAPER REMOVED, USUALLY ROUND OR TRIANGULAR SHAPE.....THEY WERE CUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NOTE...THE THIRD WAS THE " PUNCH OUT CANCEL ( POC ) "....THE PUNCHED OUT CUTTING " O " WAS MADE OF METAL AND A WOODEN HAMMER WAS USED TO FORFILL THE PUNCH, SOME PUNCHED THE " O " IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NOTE AND SOME PUNCHED ON THE EDGE....MOST OF THE TIME, IT DOES NOT EFFECT THE PRICE OF THE NOTE SINCE MOST ISSUED NOTES HAVE ONLY SURVIVED IN THIS CONDITION......THE FOURTH TYPE OF CANCELLING IS SELDOM FOUND, WHEN A PEN IS USED FOR CANCELLATION ( PC )...A LOT OF THESE TYPE CANCELLATIONS ARE FOUND ON TEXAS AND FLORIDA NOTES......MOST OF THE TIME, IT DOES NOT EFFECT THE PRICE OF THE NOTE SINCE MOST ISSUED NOTES HAVE ONLY SURVIVED IN THIS CONDITION.......  ***** THIS NOTE IS A POC TYPE....   I WAS A SELLER ( SOUTHERN_GENTLEMAN_IN_DIXIE ) ON YAHOO AUCTIONS WITH A 1424  RATINGS, SINCE APRIL 1999.......I HAVE BEEN WITH EBAY SINCE OCTOBER 2000.......I AM NOW A POWER SELLER...   PLEASE READ MY NEW 2008 AUCTION RULES.....***** ADD $4.00 FOR POSTAGE / HANDLING / INSURANCE ( MANDATORY ) FOR THIS AUCTION ONLY.......PLEASE, NO EXCEPTIONS......   *** AS OF OCTOBER 20, 2008, I ABIDE BY THE AUCTION RULES ENFORCED BY E-BAY....ALL E-BAY AUCTION PAYMENTS ARE ACCEPTED ONLY BY PAYPAL...I AM A PREMIER MEMBER.....E-BAY RULES STATE " NO OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT ARE ACCEPTED "....SO PLEASE DON'T ASK... *** PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE....CONFIRMATION OF THIS WINNING BID IS REQUIRED WITHIN THREE DAYS OR YOU COULD BE REMOVED....THANKS FOR YOUR BIDS.....   ** MULTIPLE WON AUCTIONS ARE $2.50 ADDED FOR EACH WON AUCTION....PLEASE, NO EXCEPTIONS...   * * OUT OF COUNTRY ACCEPTED..PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US FUNDS BY PAYPAL ONLY WITH CONFIRMED AND VERIFIED ADDRESS..THIS AUCTION REQUIRES US $35.00 FOR POSTAGE/HANDLING/INSURANCE ( MANDATORY ) FOR THIS AUCTION ONLY.. Place a Bid!