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Printer J.T. Paterson American
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Numerous printers and engravers were engaged to satisfy the demand for paper money in the Confederacy. One such printing firm was J.T. Paterson. On this denomination of a five dollar bill, there is a sailor at the lower left and Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, is seated on a bale of cotton at the center.
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Title: Confederate Currency- Five Dollars, J.T. Paterson
Printer:
J.T. Paterson
Date: 1861
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 in. × 7 1/8 in. (7.6 × 18.1 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Gift of Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh, 1913
Accession Number: 13.3.3
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