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Change Bills
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January 20, 1862 -- Series A
All five denominations ($1, 0.50, 0.25, 0.10 and 0.05) of series A change
bills were printed. Superintendent John Sharpe Rowland (1795 - 1863) and Treasurer Ben May
signed the first series of change bills. The first series change bills
were printed on the back of obsolete Georgia bonds because the war created
a shortage of good quality paper. The one dollar scrip comes with a bond back and
a plain back. The date on the dollar denomination
was left blank and filled out by hand when it was signed. Most known series dollar
bills are dated January 20, 1862, but a rare variety dated February 22,
1862 shown below exists. Only four notes dated the 22nd has been confirmed.
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Engraved by J. C. Buttre from a Daguerreotype
John S. Rowland
of Cartersville, Georgia
Engraved for Biographical Sketches of Eminent Americans
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$0.05 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1448
GA bond on back of $0.05 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1448
$0.10 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1447
GA bond on back of $0.10 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1447
$0.25 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1446
GA bond on back of $0.25 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1446
$0.50 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1445
GA bond on back of $0.50 W&A Change Bill Jan. 20, 1862 G-1445
$1 W&A Change Bill Jan'y 20, 1862 G-1444
GA bond on back of $1 W&A Change Bill Jan'y 20, 1862 G-1444
$1 W&A Change Bill Jan'y 20, 1862 Plain back G-1444
$1 W&A Change Bill Feb'y 22, 1862 G-1444.1
Courtesy of Claud Murphy / Ken Latimer
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