19th century, 25 bank notes, three stock certificates, and two postal covers in a single leather binder; bank notes include 25 cent: City of Raleigh; $1: Bank of Fayetteville, Greensboro Mutual, Camden County scrip; $2: Pasquotank County scrip; $4: Commercial Bank of Wilmington, Farmers Bank of North Carolina (Greensboro); $5: Bank of Lexington, Bank of Commerce (New Bern), Miners and Planters Bank (Murphy), Bank of Clarendon, Bank of Washington, Bank of North Carolina (Raleigh), Bank of Wadesborough, State of North Carolina (Raleigh); $10: Bank of Yanceyville, Bank of Cape Fear (Salem branch), State of North Carolina (Raleigh), Confederate States of America, Citizens Bank of New Orleans ("dix" note); $20: Confederate States of America; $50: State of North Carolina (Raleigh), Warren County scrip, Confederate States of America; $100: Confederate States of America; stock certificates for 1853 Bank of Wadesborough, 1861 Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company; 1863 Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company; postal covers include 1850 stampless letter from cashier of Fayetteville branch Bank of Cape Fear to Salisbury branch cashier of same bank discussing bank business, a second postal cover from J.G. Williams & Company (Raleigh banker) to cashier at Hillsboro (significant for being postmarked "May 23, 1861", three days after North Carolina secession); binder 10-1/2 x 11-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. thick

Provenance: Collection of a Southern Gentleman

majority of bank notes approximately VF with typical qualifiers, trimmed margins, creases or light folds, wear at periphery; $20 CSA bank note with visible stains (consignor notes say "bloodstained"); no coupons present on stock certificates