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North Carolina’s Civil War Bills/Cents

Confederate governments issued a vast array of paper currencies — at least seventy different types of currency, totaling more than 1.5 billion dollars, an incredible sum at that time. Making things even more confusing, state governments issued their own currencies — as did banks, insurance companies, and businesses.

via Paper money in the Civil War – North Carolina Digital History.

Wikipedia: Civil War Fractional Currency