$100 1864 Confederate T-65 LUCY PICKENS - SCARCE HAVANA COUNTERFEIT! PMG Ch Unc 63

An exciting example of a seldom-seen, yet highly-collectible Havana Counterfeit Confederate!

This is a perfect example of this elusive "Havana" counterfeit. It was accepted throughout the Confederacy due to its excellent lithography that paralleled if not surpassed the genuine notes. It was originally listed as genuine in the seminal Bradbeer tome of 1915. Criswell reports that these were produced in Havana and smuggled into Mobile. Some of the tell-tale characteristics of this note are plate letter "D", machine printed serial numbers, written signatures, no space between the standing soldier's body and right elbow, .25 inch narrower in width than the genuine "short" T-65, a more oval portrait of George Randolph, and a lighter blue ink on the back. This is the most popular Confederate counterfeit and deserving of serious consideration. 

This $100 1864 Confederate (T-65) can also be identified by its six-digit serial number, 548790, as no genuine T-65 possesses a  serial number with six digits. The blue back is also printed in a slightly different color than that of a genuine example.  This note possesses a full frame line and a dusty pink underprint on the face. A colorful blue back with a large "HUNDRED" at center is also observed. PMG comments a single pinhole which could've been easily overlooked on this thin paper as it takes real time to locate it while it's backlit on this exciting Havana Counterfeit. 

Bust of Lucy Holcombe Pickens facing right. Vignette of two Confederate soldiers at left; at right Bust of George Wythe Randolph, Secretary of War in 1862.