Lot 264
Old Type Large Banknotes from the 1800s
Sold October 23, 2025
- Price realized
- $275
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $200-300
Origin: United States
Denomination: Various Denomination
Year: 1862, 1864, 1896, and 1923
Printed: Washington DC or Fort Worth Texas
Condition: Various Conditions
Additional Description: Cotton Planters Five Dollar Note 1862, Canada Five Dollar 1923 Note, Confederate States Five and Ten Dollar 1864, City of Portsmouth 1862 Notes, 1862 One Dollar VA Treasury Note, 1896 History Instructing Youth Dollar, very heavily worn. This group of 19th- and early 20th-century paper currency offers a rich and varied glimpse into North American monetary history, marked by conflict, regional banking, and artistic ambition. The 1862 Cotton Planters $5 note reflects the agricultural and financial systems of the antebellum South, issued by private banks to support local economies. Alongside it, Confederate $5 and $10 notes from 1864 and City of Portsmouth issues from the same year speak to the decentralized and often improvised nature of Southern wartime currency.
Lot details
- Lot
- 264
- Closed
- October 23, 2025
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