Set of Six Straker & Son Chemicograph C.S.A. Backs 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 Crisp AU/Unc Large Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes 416074 Sergeant (Sgt) Cedric L

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six ships entering the harbor of Portobello

Scott #112 1869 1¢ Benjamin Franklin - Used

"Good For One Stick Powder")

Diameter 29

Set of Six Straker & Son Chemicograph C.S.A. Backs 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 Crisp AU/Unc Large Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes 416074 Sergeant (Sgt) Cedric LThis set of "notes" consists of six Chemicograph backs with designs that were intended for the 1864 issues of the $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and $500 denominations. Back plates with these designs were ordered by the Confederate Treasury from S. Straker & Sons of London. The plates were made and shipped from London in early January 1864, only to disappear. Several more shipments were made, but none of these got through the Union blockade. Examples of the