Neosho, MO - Roberts & Ellis 50 Cents Mar. 17, 1862. PCGS Very Good 10 Apparent. This Confederate state capital issued note is from a rare Confederate-payable series. Located in Newton County, near the southwest corner of Missouri, Neosho served as a provisional capital of the secessionist government. This body comprised deposed governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and secessionist legislators who were driven from the actual capital of Jefferson City. In late October 1861, they passed their Ordinance of Secession and the Confederacy accepted it, making \"that government\" of Missouri a part of the Confederacy. However, the Union controlled the key parts of the state, the capital and St. Louis. Neosho and southwestern Missouri were occupied or raided by both militaries and private brigands all through the war. Printed on brown rag paper without imprint. Fancy end borders are made of a series of rosettes. Typeset across with city and date upper right. Below the textual denomination is REDEEMABLE/ IN CONFDERATE MONEY. Boldly signed \"Roberts + Ellis.\" Noted with \"Edge Tears and Damage\" and as \"Backed,\" which is upon thick, contemporary white paper. All denominations from the issue are rare, but this is especially so. Most notes known are $2 denominations from a small accumulation dispersed decades ago. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society \n\n
From Newman VIII (Heritage Auctions, 11/2017), lot 28500, realized $288. Image and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions, https://ha.com.
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