More Examples of Southern State Issued Banknotes of the Confederacy
VIRGINIA
As a result to the firing on of Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861 - President Lincoln issued a Proclamation calling for 75,000 militiamen. As a result of Lincoln's call to arms, Virginia seceded on April 17, 1861 and became the 8th State to leave the Union.
... State of Virginia 1861 Treasury Note
$10 Note with an allegorical Liberty standing
... State of Virginia 1861 Treasury Note
$20 Note with a picture of George Washington and an allegorical Minerva standing
... State of Virginia 1862 Treasury Note
$1 Note with Ceres seated and Virginia Civil War Governor John Letcher
... State of Virginia 1862 Treasury Note
$5 Note with gladiator scene and picture of State Auditor Jonathan Bennett.
... State of Virginia 1862 Treasury Note
$10 Note with Ceres seated and Virginia ex-Governor Floyd (1830-1834)
... State of Virginia 1862 Treasury Note
$50 Note with allegorical figures of Ceres, Commerce and Navigation. The picture is James Murray Mason, author of the Fugitive Slave Law and Confederate envoy to England.
... State of Virginia 1862 Treasury Note
$100 Note with George Washington, an Indian and Civil War Governor John Letcher.
