1864 Confederate $1 Currency Note VF

Hard-To-Find $1 Confederate Currency Notes

Compared to their larger denominated brethren, Confederate one-dollar currency notes seem insignificant. But the fact of the matter is that these $1 notes are much scarcer than the higher denomination Confederate issues. Popular among collectors and history buffs alike, no collection of Civil War-era currency notes would be complete without one of these obscure bits of Southern tenacity.

Each Note Comes Hand-Signed And Numbered

Dated February 17, 1864, each hand-signed and numbered note is from the 7th and final series of Confederate currency. Prominent on the face of the bill is Clement C. Clay (1816–1882), a noted politician from Alabama and among the state’s most prominent slave owners with 87 people enslaved on his four Alabama plantations. These notes would have circulated at the height of the Civil War during the time when Union General Ulysses S. Grant clashed with Southern General Robert E. Lee at the battles of Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, and while Union General William Tecumseh Sherman advanced through Georgia on his infamous March to the Sea.

The Man On The Confederate Dollar Bill

There weren’t many people more enthusiastic about Southern independence than Clement Claiborne Clay. A fire-eating, slave-owning U.S. Senator from Alabama and later a Confederate senator, Clay was a staunch supporter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He notably viewed Lincoln’s election as a threat to Southern liberty, leading to his rabid support for secession. Clay also helped organize espionage efforts for the Confederacy and was sent to Canada in 1864 on a secret mission to coordinate activities of Southern sympathizers in the Great Lakes area. He was later arrested and imprisoned for his suspected involvement in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination plot, but was released after his wife, Virginia, successfully appealed to President Andrew Johnson—an event that was cited as evidence in Johnson’s 1868 impeachment. After his death in 1882, Virginia’s memoir, Belle of the Fifties, celebrated the Lost Cause of the Confederacy and antebellum South.

Scarce Notes Graded In Very Fine Condition

Each scarce and hard-to-find 1864 Confederate $1 Currency Note available here comes in fantastic Very Fine (VF) condition. A genuine piece of Civil War history, they’re sure to be treasured now and for years to come. Supplies are limited, however, so don’t wait—order yours right now!