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Rare 1861 $10 Confederate Note, T-25 Graded vf25 By PMG

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Rare 1861 $10 Confederate Note, T-25 Graded vf25 By PMG
Rare 1861 $10 Confederate Note, T-25 Graded vf25 By PMG. This $10 Confederate note shows a woman in flowing robes (Hope) standing next to an anchor in the center. In the lower right corner of the note is a portrait of C.G. Memminger. In the lower left corner is a portrait of R.M.T. Hunter. The note was printed with black ink on either plain or watermarked paper. This note has no design on the back. Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. Christopher Gustavus Memminger (German: Christoph Gustav Memminger; January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a German-born American politician and a secessionist who participated in the formation of the Confederate States government. He was the principal author of the Provisional Constitution (1861) as well as the founder of the Confederate financial system. As the first Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, Memminger was the main author of the economic policies of Jefferson Davis's administration.