Confederate dollar?

[Svartalf]

That's one item I just came in possession of. A confederate one dollar bill... or maybe I should say a note, as it is overtly a promise to pay that sum 6 months after a peace treaty between the CSA and the Union gets ratified.

The thing is old and scuffed enough that it might even be authentic. Anybody has tips about how much it might be worth, and how to spot whether it's a fake (actual forgery, tourist reproduction, whatever) or not?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Worth practically nothing unless it is some extreme oddity. The CSA printed tons of them during their hyperinflation period.

[Svartalf]

Why am I completely unsurprised at that?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Why am I completely unsurprised at that?

It's a cliché here, "Worth less than a Rebel dollar."

[Svartalf]

Like Union dollars are worth that much? When they give me the proper weight of gold for out out of Ft Knox, I'll believe it's worth more than the paper George is printed on... and even if they do give me gold, I'd be sorely disappointed at getting a little flake weighing less than a karat. (ok, not much less, at today's prices, a gram of gold is worth U$D 5.08)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Like Union dollars are worth that much? When they give me the proper weight of gold for out out of Ft Knox, I'll believe it's worth more than the paper George is printed on... and even if they do give me gold, I'd be sorely disappointed at getting a little flake weighing less than a karat.

In those days you could take a Union dollar to a bank and ask for the equivalent in gold. And you'd get it. Remember the California Gold Rush was actually still on then, so gold was coming into the government steadilyish. The fact that the gold reserves were held in the North was a major factor in the South screwing the pooch.

[Tyrannical]

They are valued collector's items, and the value like any collectable depends on the condition. I saw on ebay a 1$ note in good/vg condition for $12 Yankee money.

[normal]

Scuffed doesn't sound good for any collector's item =(

[Rum]

Glad to see that avatar out again Norm!

[normal]

He he he. I can't remember why I took it away

[Svartalf]

Scuffed doesn't sound good for any collector's item =(

Indeed... it looks like it has circulated a lot... and it has been kept a lot folded in 4, to the point it's holed in the middle... historical artifact, yes, collector's item, not so much...

and you're done with your noodles?