Talk:Confederate States dollar

Name
Shouldn't this be named "Confederate States of America currency"? Especially since it talks about coins also. I think so, and will now make this rename. If it is wrong, revert it. Herostratus 14:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I just noticed the move, and I think it should still be at CSA dollar. All other currency articles are named that way (like United States dollar which is directly analogous). I don't see the relevance of the fact that the coins are included. I won't move it back though before giving you a chance to comment. Ingrid 01:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, if you say, I certainly don't know the correct answer, so go ahead. Herostratus 00:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Value
Is Confederate money worth anything anymore, like to a collector, or is it just one of those things where it's nice to have but has no value as a collector's item? Emperor001 15:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * It does have collector value, ranging from $10 to something that would only appear in an auction house. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 20:32, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

CSA ten-cent notes, or only state ones?
My non-expert and very cursory scan of the Internet showed a couple of 10-cent notes issued by states, but (unlike 50-cent ones), none identifiable as Confederate States of America notes.

Does the language at Confederate States of America dollar need adjustment or clarification? If there are indeed CSA dime notes, then the first sentence might make it clearer that all those denominations are nationally-issued ones; if not then either the 10-cent denomination should be deleted (or moved to the phrase about state notes) or the sentence should make it clear that it covers both state and national issues. —— Shakescene (talk) 23:15, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Why "Greyback" as a nickname for Confederate currency?
Greyback was a slang term for a Confederate soldier. The currency notes issued by the CSA have blue ink on the back. The USA notes had green ink on the back, and became called greenbacks. Why call bills with blue ink on the back greybacks? There are many references to CSA notes as "bluebacks", but this is the only place I can find that references them as "greybacks". GeorgeIIIFan (talk) 13:05, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Not true. "Greyback" is the standard term. . Volunteer Marek 00:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

ORish paragraph
The one that starts with "Near the end of the war, the currency became practically worthless as a medium of exchange.". The Confederate currency did not become worthless because it wasn't backed by any assets. Most of today's currencies (virtually all) are not backed by any assets either, yet they have value as mediums of exchange. The simple reasons why the currency became worthless are that 1) the Confederate government printed them like crazy as a means of financing the war which led to high inflation via standard monetary mechanisms and 2) as it became likely the South was going to loose the war there wasn't much point in holding on to a currency of a state that was going to cease to exist.

There might be some parallels with the Continentals but again, these will be the fact that issuance of both was associated with war finance, not the "not backed by hard assets" part.

Paragraphs needs less OR and more sources. Volunteer Marek 17:51, 18 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree that the paragraph has problems. I'll make two observations:

1) While the CSA dollar wasn't backed by any assets, the northern greenbacks weren't either - and the greenback did not become worthless. Both the CSA and the US promised to redeem their paper dollars for gold - someday. But only the US government followed through. 2) I think much of the currency today is "sort of" backed by assets. For example, the US dollar and the Euro are backed by entities which hold sovereign bonds as assets. Of course, the bonds are denominated in the currency itself, so this is not too useful, but they are real assets. LondonYoung (talk) 16:56, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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merge Confederate state currencies
It's an unreferenced content fork, basically a list, and should be merged here.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:20, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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Individual states' currencies?
I'm aware that individual Confederate states also issued their own paper notes, whether they be considered treasury bonds or something else, they were intended as currency. Florida, Mississippi, and other confederate states issued their own notes, but that is not even mentioned in this article, much less covered.

Example of a Florida one dollar bill

Example of Mississippi 100 dollar bill

Other examples of confederate "treasury warrants"

-- Keith D. Tyler &para; 07:43, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Perhaps they would fit better in list article, perhaps something along the lines of List of state currencies of the Confederate States. We could still mention the existence of the state currencies, but to cover them in depth would likely be outside the scope of the article. -  ZLEA  T \ C 16:13, 2 June 2024 (UTC)