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The listing, South Carolina Cotton Growers Ass. $5 (marked copy) has ended.

At the start of the civil war, confederate currency was accepted throughout the south as a medium of high purchasing power. indvidual southern states issued their own currency in addition to the currency issied by the government of the confederate states of america. banks and municipalities also issued currency.

The Cotton Planters Loan Association-Example of an association that issued their own currency during the civil war. NOTICE the phrase "Secured by a pledge of cotton at 6 cents per pound for the amount of the issue as well as the private property of the stockholders. On the opposite end the notation "redeemable in Gold within 6 months after the raising of the blockade of our coast.
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