How To Tell If Your Confederate Note Is Real.CSA fakes A List Of Known Confederate Note Facsimiles I frequently receive e-mails from persons wanting to know if the $500 Confederate note featuring the picture of Stonewall Jackson they have had in the family for ages, is real or not.
So how do you tell the difference and put a value on your Confederate Half Dollar coin? First off, you probably have a copy of the coin to begin with since so few have genuinely been made. This video will cover how to tell if your coin is real or fake, and what the value of the coin is.

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Counterfeiting has been going on for centuries. Every time fake money gets into the market, the currency and the people’s belief in the government becomes devalued. That is why the government has to play a role in protecting the currency’s integrity. The founders of America put a clause in the constitution that stated that any person found counterfeiting money would be punished. Almost as easy to find as the portrait itself is the watermark that’s incorporated into.

Russell Huebsch is going to show s the simple steps to telling a real confederate notes from the faux....

'Collecting Civil War Confederate currency is potentially very profitable because of the nostalgia for the time period in Southern states, but also rife with fakes. Some of the confusion surrounding Civil War-era currency comes from innocent mistakes, such as facsimiles, and from criminals purposely printing forgeries. Recognizing some of the most common signs of a facsimile or forgery can eliminate most fraudulent sales.

The South was cash-strapped during the Civil War and could not afford the machinery needed to properly cut paper money. Instead, they used scissors and other hand-cut methods. This means that legitimate Confederate currency should not have perfectly cut edges like you would see on modern currency. You might even compare Confederate currency to how a coupon looks after you cut it out from a newspaper.

Again, the Confederate States of America was forced to use cheap rice paper instead of a sturdier material because of the lack of wealth in the area. Rice paper feels very flimsy -- kind of like a baking sheet - and much thinner than modern currency. Some states, such as Texas, printed currency on papyrus during the pre-Civil War period, so it is possible to find currency made out of other material, but most CSA currency used rice paper.

Most real CSA currency contains writing - most bills have hand written numbering and signatures -- in iron gall ink. Some denominations used a stamp for numbering but at the very least the treasurer had to sign the note. Iron gall ink has a dark brown color, but it also oxidizes over time which leads to bleeding through the back of the note. While some CSA notes have stood the test of time and resisted bleeding, you should be able to see the ink bleed through the back on nearly all legitimate notes.

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There are a number of legally produced replicas of CSA currency for educational and entertainment purposes, but they may have the word 'replica' on them or easily won't pass the previously mentioned tests. Some, however, such as replicas found in Cheerios boxes in the 1950's, are so old that they may begin to look legitimate and have been passed down to the next generation, so some people think they are actually heirlooms from the Civil War.

You may also encounter contemporary counterfeits, which are counterfeits notes produced during the Civil War. There are several contemporary counterfeits, so it is hard to adhere to general guidelines when identifying them. One of the more common counterfeit notes was produced by Samuel Upham. Early Upham notes have Jefferson Davis's head replaced with a donkey and Samuel wrote his name and address on them at the bottom, but many people simply cut off the name and passed them off as legitimate currency. Upham soon began counterfeiting Confederate currency due to the huge number of people passing off his notes as fakes. In many cases, contemporary counterfeits hold just as much value as real notes.

Modern forgeries have almost no value, but many forgers use the same serial number over and over. The best way to spot a forgery is to compare the serial number with a list of known fakes. In addition, learn all of the denominations used by the CSA. For instance, the CSA never produced notes worth more than $1,000. Even the $500 and $1,000 notes are extremely rare, so finding one in mint condition should draw immediate suspicion.'

Huebsch, Russell. 'How to Spot Fake Confederate Civil War Currency.' Yahoo! Contributor Network. N.p., 2 Aug. 2012. Web. 20 Aug. 2013. <http://voices.yahoo.com/how-spot-fake-confederate-civil-war-currency-11632834.html?cat=37>.

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After the Civil War broke out in 1861, the newly established Confederate government began to issue its own money as legal tender to the citizens of the South. The 1st note from the Government of the Confederate States of America was issued in April of 1861. Notes were issued for the next three years, ending in 1864. A total of 70 different types were issued into circulation.

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Almost every Confederate note was painstakingly hand signed and numbered. These notes were printed on large sheets and then cut apart by hand. It is not uncommon for these notes to have uneven margins, as getting these notes into circulation was more important than making sure each note had an accurate cut.

Counterfeiting became a major problem for the South. The North played a big role in this action by printing counterfeit notes and distributing them in the South causing massive inflation.

When the Civil War was over, the Southern infrastructure was in disarray. The Southern banks had no money to loan, and the price of cotton fell drastically. Confederate notes had no value at all. The US never recognized the Confederate States of America as a legitimate government, so the money, stocks, and bonds that were printed by the Confederacy had no value, and could not be transferred into US funds. Anyone who had invested in the Confederate government, with notes, bonds, or stocks, lost the value of what they had invested.

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Today, the value of these notes is far from worthless. Their prices range from under one hundred dollars for the most common and heavily printed series, to the tens of thousands for the rarest. Most of the heavily printed issues are still readily available to some extent, while the rarer issues are tightly held by collectors, and don't surface that often. One thing is certain though, quality Confederate notes have shown to steadily increase in value over the years, and make a good investment.

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As collectors and dealers of Confederate and Obsolete currency, we view these notes as a glimpse into a fascinating part of our nation's history. Our desire to collect began when we realized the great opportunity to own currency that was once used by soldiers and civilians alike during that tragic war.