PCGS 68 SUPERB GEM, $500 Confederate States Chemicograph Banknote CSA Civil War

Back plates with these designs were ordered by the Confederate Treasury from S. Straker & Sons of London.

Examples of the plates were found 75 years later and were later donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958. This Reverse 2 piece was executed by Confederate researcher Philip H. Chase in 1957-58 when he added the "SDC" rubberstamping. Chemicographs are described in detail in The Confederate Chemicograph Backs Revisited second edition 2023 by Peter Bertram. A great investment and awesome piece of history.