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[CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BONDS]. Loan certificate (No...

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[CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BONDS]. Loan certificate (No. 10503, Third Series) for the Confederate States of America, complete with all 30 Confederate treasury notes (the famous ?Equestrian Bond?) Columbia, SC: Evans and Cogswell, February 16, 1864. Printed on white paper and printed in orange and black (some minor foxing and toning, red ink stamp visible in upper left corner, and a neat red ink line in upper right corner). This $1,000 loan was approved by the Confederate Congress on February 16, 1864 and was to yield 6% interest. The certificate is signed by ?E. Apperson? for the Register of the Treasury. Folio (628 x 397 mm). The maturity date of these treasury notes is July 1, 1894. Beautifully matted, framed and glazed with engraved plaque. Not examined out of frame; frame size: 883 x 641 mm. An excellent example.