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Counterfeit Currency of the Confederate States of America
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by:
Tremmel, George B.
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Publisher:
McFarland & Company
Published: February 4, 2003
ISBN: 0786414227
Format:Hardcover
Pages:198
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Book Description
Book Description
Since shortly after the end of the Civil War, genuine Confederate paper money has been the subject of much research. While a number of publications are available today that describe and catalog the genuine currency, the availability of
published information on its counterfeit counterpart is limited. What is available is somewhat incomplete, inaccurate and general in scope. This work is specifically concerned with the counterfeit currency that was produced and passed with genuine
Confederate paper money during the Civil War years.
The first part of the book is an historical narrative that discusses the events and people involved in the production and passing of counterfeit currency, and the countermeasures of the Confederate
Treasury Department to protect its already weak medium of exchange from losing even more value.
The second part of the book is an illustrated catalog that presents descriptions of all known examples of counterfeit Confederate currency. Over 180
illustrations are included and show most of the counterfeit notes. The appendix provides a brief, nontechnical explanation of the printing processes—relief printing, intaglio printing, and lithography—used in the mid-nineteenth century to
manufacture counterfeit currency.
About the Author
Retired information technology director George B. Tremmel has collected and studied Confederate States paper money for over forty years and has written a number of articles on the subject for Paper
Money, the Society of Paper Money Collectors journal. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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