February 20th, 1863-Dated Civil War Period, Confederates States of America fully issued $500 Bond with top central C. G. Memminger portrait vignette and with all Eight attached $20 signed coupons, by Evans & Cogswell Lith., Columbia, S.C., Vintage Framed, Very Fine.
This original $500 Confederate Treasury coupon bond, dated February 20th, 1863, is professionally framed and in very good condition. The Confederacy sold these large bonds with coupons to raise capital for the war effort. The bonds offered high interest rates which made them desirable by manufacturers of military goods which the south lacked. The Confederate Treasury in both Richmond, VA. and Montgomery, Alabama issued bonds from May 1861 until the end of the Civil War. This particular bond is hand numbered 19367, printed by "Evans & Cogswell Lith Columbia, S.C.".

Pictured in the middle at the top is C. G. Memminger who was the first Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury from February 21, 1861 until July 1st, 1864. There were originally eight coupons at the bottom,all still attached, each paying 20 dollars, ranging in maturity dates from January 1, 1865 to July 1, 1868. This Bond is printed on period white wove paper in black measuring 13.5” x 14.25” under glass, house in its fancy ornate black wood frame measures about 16.5” wide x 17.5” tall. Having only light folds and a clean appearance with original wide margins, this $500 Confederate Treasury coupon bond will be a very handsome display piece for any Civil War collection.

Provenance: Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II.