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Non-taxable certificate
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Non-taxable certificate

Artist
Date1860s
MediumEngraving
ClassificationsExchange Media
Credit LineMuseum Collection
Object number1976.14.5 LA
DescriptionAn unsigned $1,000.00, six per cent Non taxable Certificate- It states: By Authority of the 14th Section of an Act of Congress approved 17th February 1864 It is hereby certified that there is due from The Confederate States of America and payable TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OF PEACE WITH THE UNITED STATES unto_or assigns ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, with Interest at the rate of six per cent Annum from the_day of _186_ inclusive payable on the first days of January and July in each year at the Treasury in Richmond or at the Depository in __. This Certificate is transferable only by special endorsement executed in the mode endorsed here on and the Principal and Interest are exempt from taxation.
Entered____ Richmond_____ 186_
Recorded_________ _______________
Register of Treasury
Signed on back in brown is C.F.Worcester. Also on back are six areas for signatures.
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