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C.S.A. CALL CERTIFICATE WITH C.S.A. CAPITOL FLAG REMNANT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
C.S.A. CALL CERTIFICATE WITH C.S.A. CAPITOL FLAG REMNANT
A rare war-date Confederate Call Certificate, recovered from the Confederate Treasury only days after the city fell, to which is attached a section of the last flag to fly over the Confederate capital. The unengrossed four percent call certificate (Ball #174 (355), Criswell #160) was printed by Evans and Cogswell, Columbia, SC. The certificate, along with many others, was taken from the Confederate Treasury only days after the city fell by Union Chaplain John O. Foster, and the event was so noted in his diary. Foster also noted that a section of fabric, part of which is attached to the verso of the bond (1" x 8 1/2") had been part of the Confederate flag that had flown over the city's capitol building. Documents included picture Foster's note showing the flag's origin, with additional copies of his diary transcript, biography, analysis of the flag material, and so on. A rare bond that catalogs at $2,000 in fine condition, this example bears some staining from glue and marginal chips, with a small hole above area where the flag relic had been attached. A rare financial document, with an even rarer Confederate relic!

Estimate: $400 - 500.

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