Updated for Notes Added 07-31-11 Revised for Notes Sold 05-06-10

 

Vern Potter Currency

& Collectibles

Site Contents & Links

Currency

Postal History

Stocks & Bonds

Western Americana

Civil War Ephemera

Western Express History

Wells Fargo Collectibles

View All Inventory

Home

About Us

Contact Us

Terms of Sale

Place an Order

Show Schedule

Newsletter

Affiliations & Resources

Grading & Abbreviations

Counterfeit, Bogus and Ad Notes

 

Each note described below is accompanied by a scan. To view an enlarged image, click on the thumbnail image.  To return to this table, click on the enlarged front or back image or your browser back button.

Image

ID

CT-No.

Date

Den.

Cr.

Description

Grade

Price

CF29159

20 1861 $20 141 A full margined counterfeit with printed signatures, Serial letter 6 and hand written Serial Number with the Criswell designation of 141--a choice specimen Ch CU $110

CF29169

22 1861 $10 141 A Uniform giant margins surround this well executed woodcut facsimile of an Indian family at center with red counters outlining X  X & a panel at lower center outlining a fancy TEN *SOLD* Gem AU $225

CF29179

25 1862 $100 168 Uniform very small margins on all sides with Serial letter "W" and printed signatures yielding the Criswell number designation; both portraits are rather crude compared to the genuine issues CU $250

CF29941

45 1862 $1 342 Irregular margins with the bottom & right end quite large, top & left end trimmed close, bright green ONE overprinting; possibly an Upham creation AU+ $260

CF13240

41 1862 $100   Three large margins with left end smaller, face side is per Criswell, this with a printed back, tape repair verso at the folds VF/XF $65

CF29209

65 1864 $100 492 Uniform margins surround this Havana counterfeit issue featuring Lucy Pickens at the center; distinguishable from the genuine by the poorly executed lighter blue reverse and narrower width Ch CU $195

CF21192

B67 1864 $20 -- A Facsimile T-67 1864 $20 face with Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills advertisement verso; exhibiting large uniform margins and excellent centering Ch CU $65
CF21112 Unl 1864 $10 -- This specimen has two large margins with the centering shifted toward the bottom left; green underprinting exists on both the front and back of this fantasy facsimile, with an ad on the reverse CU $70
CF21222 Unl 1864 $10 -- This unlisted Facsimile of an 1864 $10 issue has two large margins with the centering shifted toward the bottom left, green underprint on the face and back with an ad for Alveolar Dental Co. verso AU $65
CF31474 Unl 1868 $3 -- City of Paris, Chicago, Illinois an Advertisement Note, punch cancelled with a green overprint "3" on the obverse and advertisement and THREE/3 on the right and left verso AU $120

Return to Confederate Currency Selection

 

Return to Currency Selection

© Copyright 2004-2012, all rights reserved