Currency Collection, 1834-1955 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Series 1: Kentucky Currency

Item 1: Farmers Bank of Kentucky $20, n.d.

Uncut sheet of 4 notes. (Dorris Museum Collection, N.11)

Item 2: Richmond Bank $1 and $3, early 1800s

Uncut sheet of 4 notes, 2 each. (Dorris Museum Collection, 1152)

Item 3: Farmers National Bank of Richmond.

This note functioned as a check. (Dorris Museum Collection, no accession #)

Series 2: Confederate Currency

Sub-Series 1: Alabama

Item 4: Josiah Morris, Banker $2 Montgomery, 1862

(Dorris Museum Collection, 77.1.8)

Sub-Series 2: Virginia

Item 5: Wise County, Virginia 75 cents, 1862

(Dorris Museum Collection, 77.1.7)

Item 6: $1 Virginia Treasury Note, 21 Jul 1862

(3 items) (Dorris Museum Collection, 77.1.1-3)

Item 7: $1 Virginia Treasury Note, 21 Oct 1862

(3 items) (Dorris Museum Collection, 77.1.4-5)

Item 8: $5 Virginia Treasury Note

(Dorris Museum Collection, 77.1.6)

Sub-Series 3: Confederate States of America Treasury Notes

Item 9: Slaubaugh #58 $1 Sixth Issue, April 6, 1863

(Dorris Museum Collection, 77.1.10)

Item 10: Slaubaugh #51 $5 Fifth Issue, Dec. 2, 1862

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.5)

Item 11: Slaubaugh #9 $10 Second Issue, July 25, 1861

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.3)

Item 12: Slaubaugh #28 $10 Third Issue, Sept. 2, 1861

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.2)

Item 13: Slaubaugh #53 $10 Fifth Issue, Dec. 2, 1862

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.4)

Item 14: CSA $2, 2 Jun 1862

Item 15: CSA $5, 6 Apr 1863

Item 16: CSA $5, 17 Feb 1864

Item 17: CSA $20, 2 Sep 1861

Sub-Series 4: Confederate States of America Bonds

Item 18: $1000 Confederate Bond, 1863

(Dorris Museum Collection, 1306 and N.4.1)

Sub-Series 5: Facsimile Confederate Currency

Item 19: $1 Seventh Issue, 1864

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.9)

Item 20: $5 Seventh Issue, 1864

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.8)

Item 21: $10 Seventh Issue, 1864

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.7)

Item 22: $50 Seventh Issue, 1864

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.21.6)

Item 23: Advertisement for J.H. Elliot Antiques

With $500 Seventh Issue on one side. (Dorris Museum Collection, 1351)

Series 3: United States Currency

Item 24: Fractional Currency, 10 cents, 1870s

poor condition (Dorris Museum Collection, N.36.1)

Item 25: Fractional Currency, 25 cents Series, 1874

poor condition (Dorris Museum Collection, N.36.2)

Series 4: Other Currency

Item 26: The Glory Bank, $100, 1834

Satirical note from the Bank of the U.S. crisis period in reference to a speech by Martin Van Buren. (Dorris Museum Collection, N.75)

Series 5: Foreign Currency

Items 31-50 are from the Dorris Museum Collection, Accession # N.15.

Item 27: Hong Kong $1, 1955

(Dorris Museum Collection, no accession #)

Item 28: Central Bank of China 1 yuan, 1936

Item 29: Central Bank of China 10 yuan, 1940

Item 30: Central Bank of China 10,000 Gold Units, 1948

Item 31: Deutsche Kentenbank 1 Mark, 1937

Item 32: Reichsbanknote 10 Mark, 1929

Item 33: Reichsbanknote 20 Mark, 1914

Item 34: Reichsbanknote 20,000 Mark, 1923

Item 35: Banco De Portugal 20 Escudos, 1941

Item 36: Japanese 5 Yen Note

Item 37: Nederlandsch-Indische 1 Gulden, 1943

Item 38: Banque Nationale de Belgique 20 Vingt Note, 1940

Item 41: Emis en France 100 Franc Note, 1944

Item 39: Banque de France 10 Franc Note, 1941

Item 40: Banque de France 50 Franc Note, 1942

Item 42: Banque de France 100 Franc Note, 1942

Item 43: Banque de France 1000 Franc Note, 1943

Item 44: Regno D'Italia 5 Lire Note

Item 45: Banca D'Italia 5 Lire Note, 1940

Item 46: Regno D'Italia 10 Lire Note, 1935

Item 47: Italia Bigleitto di Stato 10 Lire Note, 1944

Item 48: Banca D'Italia 100 Lire Note, 1942

Item 49: The Central Bank of China 5 Cent Note

Item 50: Bank of Korea 1000 Won Note