More Examples of Southern State Issued Banknotes of the Confederacy
NORTH CAROLINA
On May 20, 1861, North Carolina became the 10th State to secede from the Union. Between 1861 and 1864 the North Carolina General Assembly authorized the printing of over 25 different types of State issued currency totaling more than 20 million dollars and ranging in varying denominations between 5 cent and $100. Most North Carolina State issued notes are found with plain backs however some notes were printed on the back of both recycled and unissued bonds and currency due to the severe shortage of paper during the War.
... State of North Carolina 1861
50 Cent Fractional Note
... State of North Carolina 1861
$2 Note
... State of North Carolina 1861
$1 Note
... State of North Carolina 1862
10 Cent Fractional Note with a slave plowing a field
... State of North Carolina 1862
10 Cent Fractional Note with a beehive
... State of North Carolina 1862
25 Cent Fractional Note with allegorical figure of Ceres
... State of North Carolina 1862
50 Cent Fractional Note with a sailing ship
... State of North Carolina 1862
50 Cent Fractional Note with a sailing ship printed on the back of a North Carolina bond
... State of North Carolina 1862
$1 Note
... State of North Carolina 1863
75 Cent Fractional Note with allegorical figure of Industry standing next to a beehive
... State of North Carolina 1863
$1 Note with the allegorical figures of Commerce and Industry
... State of North Carolina 1863
$3 Note with Ceres seated and Liberty standing
... State of North Carolina 1863
$5 Note with the harbor at Wilmington, Liberty and a portrait of D. W. Courts, State Treasurer from 1852 thru 1863
... State of North Carolina 1863
$5 Note with a steamship and allegorical figure of Ceres
... State of North Carolina 1863
$10 Note with the State capitol at Raleigh
... State of North Carolina 1863
$20 Note with a railway train
... State of North Carolina 1863
$50 Note with North Carolina Civil War Governor Zebulon Vance
