The collection primarily consists of Confederate money ranging from five-dollar bills to fifty-dollar bills. All the bills originate from Richmond, Virginia and were printed between 1861 to 1863. Copies of the articles “The Finances of the Confederate States” and “The Financier of the Confederate States” are also included.
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
The collection is open for research.
Confederate currency collection, MSS-0110, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived in the Rhode Island College Special Collections.
Provenance of the collection is unknown, however it was in the holdings of Special Collections prior to 2019.
The collection was described by Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz, in 2023 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.