How much is a Confederate $100 bill worth?
David Jones
Updated on April 04, 2026
Most Confederate currency bills are worth between $5 and $20 each. Condition is a big issue. If Confederate bills are very crisp and have not been folded or circulated, they can be worth $10 to $100 each.
How do you know if Confederate money is real?
All Confederate notes have at least one serial number stamped or handwritten on them. Most of the serial numbers will be located on the top or bottom corners of the notes. Check the color of the paper. Notes of a lower denomination (especially the 50 cent notes) were printed on pink paper.
Is Confederate money worth anything today?
Today, though, Confederate dollars have value as a collectible item. Just like people will pay money to own a Civil War hat or musket, they will pay money to own Confederate money. Some rare Confederate bills are now worth 10 times more than they were in 1861.
What is a Confederate 50 dollar bill worth?
1861 Confederate 50-dollar bills can easily sell for between $170 and $200. Bills from the other printings are sold for some intermediate price.
What does the back of a $100 Confederate bill look like?
The Union banknotes had green printing on the back and were known as greenbacks. The backs of Confederate banknotes were blank and in circulation became a dirty gray. They became known as “gray-backs”. The one hundred dollar banknote shows slaves hoeing cotton in the center with John C.
Is Jefferson Davis on money?
Jefferson Davis, Confederate States one and only President, is featured on the $50 bill and General Stonewall Jackson is shown on the $500 bill. Now after the war was over in 1865, the southern states rejoined the Union and again were using the U.S. currency.
When did Confederate money lose its value?
When the Confederate army surrendered in April 1865, graybacks lost any remaining value they might have had. The Confederacy no longer existed, so there was nobody who would exchange its paper money for gold or silver. Today, though, Confederate dollars have value as a collectible item.
