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1. Scrapbook (17 x 26 cm.) containing 126 pieces of end–mounted Confederate paper money issued by the Confederate States of America, Richmond, and arranged in this order:
| 8 | Fifty cents | 1863 |
| 9 | Fifty cents | 1864 |
| 5 | One dollar (variant) | 1862 |
| 4 | One dollar | 1864 |
| 5 | Two dollars (var.) | 1862 |
| 1 | Two dollars | 1863 |
| 7 | Two dollars (var.) | 1864 |
| 7 | Five dollars (var.) | 1861 |
| 3 | Five dollars | 1862 |
| 5 | Five dollars | 1863 |
| 6 | Five dollars | 1864 |
| 10 | Ten dollars (var.) | 1861 |
| 7 | Ten dollars (var.) | 1862 |
| 4 | Ten dollars | 1863 |
| 11 | Ten dollars | 1864 |
| 6 | Twenty dollars (var.) | 1861 |
| 1 | Twenty dollars | 1862 |
| 3 | Twenty dollars | 1863 |
| 11 | Twenty dollars | 1864 |
| 3 | Fifty dollars (var.) | 1861 |
| 2 | Fifty dollars | 1862 |
| 1 | Fifty dollars | 1863 |
| 5 | Fifty dollars | 1864 |
| 1 | 100 dollars | 1862 |
| 1 | 100 dollars | 1864 |
2. Four Indiana notes and one blank form for a note, mounted on a black card (28 x 21.5 cm) with plastic cover, arranged in this order:
| State of Indiana | ||
| Tippecanoe Bank (4049) | Five dollars | May 1st 1855 |
| State of Indiana | ||
| Tippecanoe Bank (3372) | Five dollars | May 1st 1854 |
| State of Indiana (4V) | ||
| Logansport Insurance Company | One dollar | Dec 1 1852 |
| [Blank note form] | Fifty cents | |
| State Bank of Indiana | ||
| at Indianapolis (384) (1384) | Twenty dollars | Nov 7 1846 |
3. Paper money undated or illegibly dated
| State of Indiana | ||
| Boone County Bank, Lebanon | One dollar | |
| One dollar | Unissued and undated bills | |
| Two dollars | ||
| Three dollars | ||
| Bank of Upper Canada | Fifty shillings | Blank form for note |
4. 2 leaves (24.5 x 30.5 cm.), each with 3 inlaid pieces of paper money. From the collection of Elisabeth Ball.
Leaf [1]
| United Colonies (No. 85154) | Two thirds of a dollar | 17 Feb. 1776 |
| Pennsylvania (no number given) | Four shillings | 10 Apr. 1777 |
| North Carolina (No. –357) | Four dollars | 8 Aug. 1778 |
Leaf [2]
| Rhode–Island (No. 1615) | Eight dollars | 2 July 1780 |
| Massachusetts–Bay (No. 7146) | Seven dollars | 5 May 1780 |
| New–Jersey (No. 22211) | Six shillings | 25 Mar. 1776 |
THE REMAINDER OF THE COLLECTION IS ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY WITH MONEY FOR A GIVEN YEAR HOUSED IN AN ENVELOPE LABELED WITH THE DATE.
1767. Paper money for the year 1767
| Assembly of Maryland (2550) | Eight dollars | 1 Jan 1767 |
1773. Paper money for the year 1773
| General Assembly of Pennsylvania (61017) | Two shillings and six–pence | 1 Oct 1773 |
| General Assembly of Pennsylvania (10020) | Fifty shillings | 1 Oct 1773 |
| General Assembly of Pennsylvania (13711) | Fifty shillings | 1 Oct 1773 |
1775. Paper money for the year 1775
| Provincial Convention of Maryland (5850) | One dollar | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (5680) | Thirty shillings | 18 Aug 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (7407) | Thirty shillings | 18 Aug 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (3483) | Thirty shillings | 18 Aug 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (2977) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (2077) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (1197) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (3090) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (1061) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (2032) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (4192) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (1688) | Thirty–six shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
| Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (3659) | Thirty shillings | 7 Dec 1775 |
[The items dated 1767–1775 were removed from the Jonathan Williams Mss on 12 Oct 1972]
1776. Paper money for the year 1776
| United Colonies (34269) | Thirty dollars | 2 Nov 1776 |
| United Colonies (119916) | Eight dollars | 9 May 1776 |
| United Colonies (50252) | Three dollars | 17 Feb 1776 |
| United Colonies | Two dollars | 2 Nov 1776 |
| Congress (at Phila.) (592462) | Half a dollar | 17 Feb 1776 |
| Congress (at Phila.) (36002) | One third of a dollar | 17 Feb 1776 |
| Colony of Connecticut | One shilling | 7 June 1776 |
| Colony of Rhode–Island (1692) | Twenty shillings | 18 March 1776 |
| Colony of New–Jersey (4476) | Three pounds | 25 March 1776 |
| Colony of New–Jersey (27278) | Three shillings | 25 March 1776 |
| New–York Water Works (2704) | Two shillings | 6 Jan 1776 |
| Assembly of the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex upon Delaware (19639) | Twenty shillings | 1 Jan 1776 |
[The pieces thus far listed for 1776 were purchased by Lilly Library in 1972 from The Current Company at "face value" –– $43.88 and 1/3]
| South–Carolina | Four dollars | 1 Jan 1776 |
| Congress (at Phila.) (842012) | One third of a dollar | 17 Feb 1776 |
| Congress (at Phila.) (380417) | Two thirds of a dollar | 17 Feb 1776 |
| Congress (at Phila.) | One sixth of a dollar | 17 Feb 1776 |
| Colony of New–Jersey (17729) | Three shillings | 25 March 1776 |
| Colony of New Hampshire (2132) | Six dollars | 26 Jan 1776 |
| Colony of New York (26702) | Five dollars | 5 March 1776 |
| Colony of Rhode Island (1553) | Forty shillings | 18 March 1776 |
[The three pieces listed immediately above were removed from the Jonathan Williams Mss. on 13 Oct 1972]
| Colony of Massachusetts Bay (6401) | Four dollars | 18 June 1776 |
| Colony of Massachusetts Bay (556) | Four dollars | 18 June 1776 |
| Colony of Massachusetts Bay (3653) | Four dollars | 18 June 1776 |
| State of Rhode–Island (200–?) | Four dollars | 5 September 1776 |
[The four pieces listed immediately above were removed from the Jonathan Williams Mss. on 15 Oct 1975]
1777. Paper money for the year 1777
| United Colonies (38450) | Three dollars | 26 Feb 1777 |
1778. Paper money for the year 1778
| U.S. Congress (at Phila.) (246942) | Forty dollars | 26 Sept 1778 |
1779. Paper money for the year 1779
| U.S. Congress (150720) | Thirty–five dollars | 14 Jan 1779 |
1780. Paper money for the year 1780
| State of New–Hampshire | One dollar | 29 April 1780 |
| State of New–Hampshire | Two dollars | [29] April 1780 |
| State of New–Hampshire | Four dollars | [29] April 1780 |
[The three pieces listed for 1780 have a one–inch hole in the center]
1795. Coin for the year 1795
| "Sise Lane Halfpenny," | ||
| British coin | Halfpenny | 1795 |
1816. Paper money for the year 1816
| Phoenix Distillery, Plattekill [N.Y.] (74) | One cent | 1 May 1816 |
| Phoenix Distillery, Plattekill [N.Y.] (105) | Two cents | 1 May 1816 |
| Phoenix Distillery, Plattekill [N.Y.] (69) | Fifty cents | 1 May 1816 |
1824. Paper money for the year 1824
| Jersey Bank | ||
| Jersey City | One dollar | "11th Mo. 2nd 1824" ? |
1825. Paper money for the year 1825
| Jersey Bank | ||
| Jersey City (4704) | Two dollars | "4th Mo 12th 1825" ? |
| Jersey Bank | ||
| Jersey City | One dollar | 12 July 1825 |
1827. Paper money for the year 1827
| N. Jersey Manufacturing and Banking Company, Hoboken, N.J. | Three dollars | 1 Oct 1827 |
1837. Paper money for the year 1837
| Kirtland Safety Society Bank, | ||
| Kirtland, Ohio (406) | One dollar | 9 [––––?] 1837 |
1838. Paper money for the year 1838
| State of Illinois | ||
| Garden State Bank | One dollar | 2 Dec 1838 |
1840. Paper money for the year 1840
| State Bank of Indiana | ||
| Branch at Fort Wayne | Two dollars | 1 Jan 1840 |
1843. Paper money for the year 1843
| State Bank of Indiana | ||
| Branch at Evansville (149) | Five dollars | 1 June 1843 |
| State Bank of Indiana | ||
| Branch at Madison (152) (1152) | One dollar | 20 June 1845 |
| State Bank of Indiana | ||
| Branch at Lawrenceburgh (492) | One dollar | 20 June 1843 |
1854. Paper money for the year 1854
| Perry Davis & Son, | ||
| Providence | One cent | 1 January 1854 |
1857. Paper money for the year 1857
| State of Indiana | ||
| Office in White Hall [badly broken] | Two dollars | 26 Sept 1857 |
| State of Indiana | ||
| Citizens Bank of Gosport | One dollar | 1 July 1857 |
| State of Indiana | ||
| Citizens Bank of Gosport | One dollar | 1 July 1857 |
1858. Paper money for the year 1858
| Farmers and Mechanics Bank | ||
| Cannelton, Indiana (1540) | One dollar | 25 Aug 1858 |
1860. Paper money for the year 1860
| State of New York | ||
| The Catskill Bank | Five dollars | 14 November 1860 |
1862. Paper money for the year 1862
| Confederate States of America (56614) | One dollar | 2 Dec 1862 |
| Confederate States of America (15508) | One hundred dollars | 28 June 1862 |
[From the Richard W. Gilder collection.]
| Confederate States of America (63340) | One hundred dollars | 20 Nov 1862 |
| Arkansas treasury warrant (71067) | Five dollars | 4 Apr 1862 |
| State of Mississippi (72698) | Three dollars | 1 Nov 1862 |
| Confederate States of America (unnumbered) | One hundred dollars | 20 Nov 1862 |
1863. Paper money for the year 1863
| Confederate States of America (25293) | Fifty cents | 6 Apr 1863 |
| Confederate States of America (52356) | One hundred dollars | 6 Apr 1863 |
| Confederate States of America (83338) | Fifty cents | 6 Apr 1863 |
| U.S. Fractional Currency | Fifty cents | "Act approved March 5, 1863" |
1864. Paper money for the year 1864
| Confederate States of America (29336) | Twenty dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (43738) | Twenty dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (34687) | Twenty dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (92114) | Twenty dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (5303) | Ten dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (44870) | Ten dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
Accompanied by a 1944 postmarked envelope. [From the Richard W. Gilder collection]
| Confederate States of America (72053) | Five dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (75636) | Two dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (9518h) | Two dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (68999) | Ten dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (21735) | Fifty dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (75808) | Five dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (48857) | Twenty dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
| Confederate States of America (537289) | One hundred dollars | 17 Feb 1864 |
1874. Paper money for the year 1874
| United States | Ten cents | "Series of 1874" |
| United States | Ten cents | "Series of 1874" |
1896. Paper money for the year 1896
| United States (Silver certificate) | One dollar | "Series of 1896" |
[From the Elisabeth Ball collection]
1912. Paper money for the year 1912
| Russia. | Piat'cot Rublei (Five hundred Rubles | "Series of 1912" |
1914. Paper money for the year 1914
| Chihuahua, Mexico | Un peso | Febrero de 1914 |
| Chihuahua, Mexico | Cinco pesos | Febrero de 1914 |
1915. Money for the year 1915
| Chihuahua, Mexico | Un peso | Serie L Junio 1915 |
1923. Paper money for the year 1923
Germany
| Reichsbanknote 029186 | Eine Million Mark | 20 Februar 1923 |
| Reichsbanknote 8B.613385 | Fünfhunderttausend Mark | 25 Juli 1923 |
| Reichsbanknote 5B.315397 | Fünfhunderttausend Mark | 25 Juli 1923 |
| Reichsbanknote 10B.162230 | Fünfzig Millionen Mark | 1 September 1923 |
1944. Paper money for the year 1944
| World War II Military Scrip | ||
| Zwanzig Mark | Serie 1944 | |
| One dollar | [undated] | |
| Fifty cents | [undated] | |
| Twenty–five cents | [undated] | |
| Ten cents | [undated] | |
| Five cents | [undated] |