CSA Paper Collectibles Fetch Big Money Online
Have you ever seen a Confederate States of America bond?
Confederate bonds brought in funds for vitally needed victuals and clothing and other necessities for southern soldiers in the course of the war. They were a primary method for the Confederate government to raise funds by borrowing from its citizens. A person would provide funds to the Confederate government and in return receive a bond, which was a containing a written guarantee to pay back the lender–along with a certain amount of–beginning on a date in the future.
The end of the war, and the demise of the South, ensured that the lenders never collected on what they were owed. The bonds themselves often languished for years in trunks and attics.
Today, though, those bond certificates are sought-after collector’s items. And, you can turn around and sell Confederate bonds (along with other types of paper items) in the online auction market for an excellent profit.
The Confederacy’s bonds can be enjoyed as decorative art (if framed, they should be matted using archival materials so as to guard against mishandling; non-reflective picture-frame glass is also a good idea, even with the extra expense.
The CSA’s government sold a large number and variety of war bonds during its brief time. The certificates appeared with different face amounts, and differed a great deal in their appearance and even in the tint of the paper they were printed on.
Coming from a time during which even a common banking certificate was often an exercise in extreme ornamentation, CSA bonds abounded in flourishes, including scenes such as fields and cities, fictional figures, and, of course, generals and other southern heroes.
Take as an example a $1000 Confederate bond that I purchased at a coin show and had framed a while back. It is gorgeous, having text printed in an italic script and, in the certificate’s most prominent location, a vignette of that great man Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. You may recall that he was killed in the midst of the war after being mistakenly shot by his own troops during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Being one of the South’s greatest heroes, it was entirely predictable that his likeness should come to be looking out from a Confederate bond.
Southern citizens weren’t the only purchasers of the Confederacy’s bonds. Some people across the sea in England, and also as other parts of Europe, did so too. Perhaps they were folks whose sympathy in the Civil War lay with the South and its leaders in Richmond. Or quite possibly they were merely putting a bet down on on the war’s final outcome.
If your interest in Confederate bond certificates extends to more than simply holding on to and admiring their beauty and historic legacy, you will find them to be a perfect front door into scripophily. This is the collecting of old financial certificates, which often includes bank instruments, stock certificates, railroad bonds and the like.
If you’re a history enthusiast–or if you’re simply looking for a different kind of “art” with which to cover your walls–learning about Confederate war bonds and purchasing a handful carefully chosen examples could turn into a captivating yet reasonably affordable pastime. Furthermore,It is also a great area to investigate if you like the idea of earning money by selling “paper”–books, magazines, old prints and so forth.
Now, leave it to an enterprising British woman to become the world’s expert on making money–even earning one’s living–selling pieces of American paper, not only old money and bonds but even pages torn out from old magazines. You can read more about her surprising eBay paper selling method here.
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