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February 17th 1864 $1 T-71 Confederate States of America CSA Richmond, Virginia Clement C. Clay Grad

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February 17th 1864 $1 T-71 Confederate States of America CSA Richmond, Virginia Clement C. Clay Grad
February 17th 1864 $1 T-71 Confederate States of America CSA Richmond, Virginia Clement C. Clay Grades vf++. This $1 Confederate note has a pink overprint and a picture of Clement C. Clay in the center. This note was printed on plain paper with pink and black ink. There is no design on the back. Clement Claiborne Clay, also known as C. C. Clay Jr., was a United States Senator from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a Confederate States Senator from Alabama from 1862 to 1864 After the Civil War broke out in 1861, the newly established Confederate government began to issue it's own money as legal tender to the citizens of the South. The gamble was that if the South won the war, the money would be redeemable. The 1st note from the Government of the Confederate States of America was issued in April of 1861. From then on, notes were issued on through 1864. Almost every Confederate note was painstakingly hand signed and numbered. It is not uncommon for these notes to have uneven, or rough borders since scissors or shears were used to hastily cut the sheets of notes apart.