Louisiana issued 5 dollar bill?

[DigItUp]

I was looking through an old bag when I found a 5 Dollar bill and it says "The State Of Louisiana will pay to bearer" on it and it also says October 10th 1862 I might sound stupid for asking but did states issue their own currancy i don't really know alot about or collect paper currancy but Im curious to find out about it.

 

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[1996]

I was looking through an old bag when I found a 5 Dollar bill and it says "The State Of Louisiana will pay to bearer" on it and it also says October 10th 1862 I might sound stupid for asking but did states issue their own currancy i don't really know alot about or collect paper currancy but Im curious to find out about it.

Is there a baby girl on it? I have a rare paper catalog around here somewhere, and I remember it having some kind of stocks or cerificates issued from somewhere in louisiana.

 

[G.I.B.]

Could we see a picture of it please?

 

[1996]

digitup, here is a scan from a littleton catalog.

 

[DigItUp]

I Can't post a pic but I'll try to describe it as best I can

It's the size of a regular Dollar bill it looks as if it's been torn at the bottom and possibly down the middle it has an image of a soldier it looks like. pointing his sword at another person who is lying on the ground it looks as if the other person has a sword too anyway the soldier is standing or has one of his legs on an eagles neck ( That doesn't sound very American) at the top i can read " twelve months after a definitive treaty of peace between the confederate states and the united states" it also says something down the side but I can't make it out. it also has the pelican feeding her young on it like the LA flag and a man sitting by a river bank pouring water into the river that's pretty much it sorry I couldn't post a pic it frustrates me a lot as well.

 

[River Rat]

Dig,

Is this it?



This state of Louisiana Confederate note of October 10, 1862, shows the Federal eagle being struck down by the Champion of the Confederacy.
http://www.journalofantiques.com/June04/coinsjune04.htm




Louisiana, Baton Rouge - Good+ The State of Louisiana March. 10th 1863 Personification of the south striking down the north. Lazy 5 on bottom of note. Top edge a little rough. Ornate green back. CSA-43
http://www.cccoin1.com/uscurrency.htm

http://home.earthlink.net/~icepick119/page4.html

That's about all I could find out, maybe DG39 (museum curator) will have more info.

RR

 

[DigItUp]

Yes that's it

 

[1996]

Sweet score dude.