1864 $2 CONFEDERATE STATES CURRENCY~ JUDAH BENJAMIN ~ NICE CRISP EXTRA FINE

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1864 $2 CONFEDERATE STATES CURRENCY~ JUDAH BENJAMIN ~ NICE CRISP EXTRA FINE :
$139.99

Here is a genuine Civil War era Confederate States of America $2 note, issued at Richmond, February 17, 1864.

Features portrait of Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin at right.Back is blank as issued. A very popular issue!

Benjamin was a prominent New Orleans lawyer who joined the Confederate cause and was chosen for this high post because of his intelligence and dependability. He was also the only Jewish member of the Confederate Cabinet, thus obtaining the moniker \"the Confederate Jew.\" After the war, Benjamin escaped from Richmond to the Caribbean, and later lived in London. He never returned to the United States.

Serial #114134.Pen signatures of Confederate officials B. Dabney, for Register, and M.A. Dewees, for Treasurer.

A fully crisp and very attractive Extremely Fine note. Here is a note that saw actual use during the Civil War! A couple tiny pinholes as typical but NO TEARS! SEE PHOTOS!

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