RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Confederate currency collection (MSS-0110)

Special Collections

Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Scope & content

The collection primarily consists of Confederate money ranging from five-dollar bills to fifty-dollar bills. All the bills originate from Richmond, Virginia and were printed between 1861 to 1863. Copies of the articles “The Finances of the Confederate States” and “The Financier of the Confederate States” are also included.