Counterfeit Confederate treasury notes publicly offered for sale in Philadelphia
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Item data
Title
Counterfeit Confederate treasury notes publicly offered for sale in Philadelphia
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1860s
Names
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1863
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-186
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1860-1869
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1860-1869
Counterfeiting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1860-1869
Money -- United States -- 1860-1869
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "Broker's Office" "Counterfeit confederate Treasur[y] notes for sale. Soldiers under orders to the Fourth supplied with lots to suit [unintell.] noble rates." "Bible house" "Tracts for soldiers"
Source Note: Sketches from the Civil War in North America 1861, ''62 , ''63. (London [s.n.] 1863-1864) Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912), Author. Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912), Artist.
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 21 x 27 cm. (8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613364
Barcode: 33333159318688
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0913d20-c531-012f-6592-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1863
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Counterfeit Confederate treasury notes publicly offered for sale in Philadelphia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0913d20-c531-012f-6592-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1863). Counterfeit Confederate treasury notes publicly offered for sale in Philadelphia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0913d20-c531-012f-6592-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Counterfeit Confederate treasury notes publicly offered for sale in Philadelphia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a0913d20-c531-012f-6592-58d385a7bc34
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