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Re: Condederate currency



Yep, looks like Jefferson Davis finally got the last laugh: Confederate
currency and stamps are now worth MORE than their face value.
Knowledgeable individuals will quickly accept these as payment quicker
than Federal greenbacks :)

Regards,

Mark D. Jaeger
Purdue University Libraries
Special Collections

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, doug mattox wrote:

> To all Archivists:
>
> Confederate currency does have collector value!
>
> Recently, I was talking with a possible donor of CSA letters and currency.
> The archivist that they were dealing with wanted the letters but told the
> donor that the currency had no value. "Give it to the grandchildren to play
> with", they were told.
>
> The currency turned out to be worth $5,000.
>
> An archive can accept such donations and then sell the unwanted items to pay
> for maintaining the old letters, or if you recommend me as a dealer, I will
> pay the archive a finders fee (in the form of a donation).
>
> This has worked well for many archives all over the country that I work with.
>
> Doug Mattox
>
> Mattox Coins and Stamps
> PO Box 12084
> Raleigh, NC 27605
>
> 919-832-2291
>
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