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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This artificial collection consists of samples of early currency including examples of original and counterfeit Confederate currency. There are also examples of currency drawn on Richmond, Kentucky banks and other local currencies, as well as samples of currency from Hong Kong and China.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Various (Many came from the Dorris Museum Collection and are noted individually.)
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Kentucky Currency],
[Series 2: Confederate Currency],
[
Series 3: United States Currency],
[
Series 4: Other Currency],
[
Series 5: Foreign Currency],
[
All]
- 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)
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Kentucky Currency],
[Series 2: Confederate Currency],
[
Series 3: United States Currency],
[
Series 4: Other Currency],
[
Series 5: Foreign Currency],
[
All]