Confederate States 5 Dollars, 1861

STATE OF VIRGINIA THE BANK OF PHILIPPI Promises to pay FIVE dollars to bearer on demand Philippi. April 2, 1861 FIVE DOLLARS Cash Pres WELLSTOOD. HAY & WHITING. NEW YORK .

This Civil War issue by Wellstood, Hay & Whiting is overprinted in green with protectors and a moderate portrait of George Washington covering the upper center of the note. 2 large 5's left and right of the portrait of George Washington. A portrait of a young woman on lower left and on lower right side is a young woman with a horse head. Upper right and left are slanted numeral 5's. Lower center is "FIVE DOLLARS" spelled out in a circle with a tree in the middle

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