Wood County 25 cents (twenty-five cents) county scrip
Rating
Title
Wood County 25 cents (twenty-five cents) county scrip
County of Origin
Wood County
Town of Issue
Quitman
Currency Type
County Scrip
Denomination
$0.25
Bank/Issuer
Wood County
Imprint
None
Date Issued
Nov . the 18th , 1862
Date (EDTF)
1862-11-18
Decade
1860-1869
Notes
This county scrip was issued in Quitman by the Court of Wood County . The note is payable in Dollars of the Confederate States of America . A double line borders the note on the top , right , and bottom sides . On the left , a decorative box composed of braces contains the phrase '25 CTS. ' imprinted in a sans-serif shadow case font . The top side of the note contains the phrase '25cts. ' written in a bold serif font on the upper left and right sides . The center top of the note contains the imprinted abbreviation 'No. ' and the handwritten value '4056 ' adjacent to it . Imprinted beneath is the phrase 'By Order of Wood Co . Court on Demand ' in a serif font . Imprinted in the center of the note is the phrase 'I will pay Twenty-Five Cents to Bearer in Confederate Notes , when Sums of Twenty Dollars are presented at my Office. ' in a a serif font . Below , the phrase 'Quitman Tex , Nov. , the 18th 1862 ' is imprinted in a serif font followed by the handwritten signature of A. Fitzgerald . The title 'Co. , Clk. ' is imprinted in a serif font . 'Registered ' is handwritten vertically across the center of the note . The note's verso contains colored floral prints .
Language
eng
Rarity
R.7
Signatures
A. Fitzgerald Co . Clk .
Dimensions
4 x 12 cm
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Process
Digitization process : scanned as 1200 ppi , 16-bits per channel , RGB.tif ; derivative created from recto and verso and resized as 3000 pixels on the long edge , 8-bits per channel RGB.jpg .
Upload File Name
rowe_barr_woodcounty_quitman_0000001_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
rowe_barr_woodcounty_quitman_0000001r.tif ; rowe_barr_woodcounty_quitman_0000001v.tif
Scan Path Number
Wood\Quitman\0000001r
Rowe Catalog Number
1
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.
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