What happened to Confederate money after the Civil War? – Ray G., 12, Arlington, Virginia At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money ...

Each of the 11 Confederate states issued its own paper currency, and so did their counties, cities and major towns. There were few Confederate coins, and as people began to hoard their U.S. coins ...

All traffic in paper currency tending to create distrust in ... The traffic in gold and silver against the notes of the Confederate States of America, is hereby expressly prohibited.

However, the first nonmythical, historical woman to appear on any paper currency within our current borders was not on a U.S. bill but rather on Confederate money: “Queen of the Confederacy ...

According to the Paper Money Guarantee (PMG) Population Report, the designs of Confederate notes — issued in 10-cent, 50-cent, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, and $1,000 denominations ...

that the staid Union U.S. currency would not match for another 50 years. Brightly-colored Confederate paper money is overly ornate, like a grandmother’s fussily decorated living room.

What happened to Confederate money after the Civil War? – Ray G., 12, Arlington, Virginia At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money ...

At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only minted coins. As a historian of the American Civil War , I study how the Confederate ...