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1864 NOTE ~ KEATINGE & BALL, COLUMBIA, SC ~ CSA CURRENCY PRINTERS PMG FINE 12
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1864 NOTE ~ KEATINGE & BALL, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA ~ CONFEDERATE STATES CURRENCY PRINTERS Problem-free PMG FINE 12Issued at Columbia, S.C. March 15, 1864.
"KEATINGE & BALL ONE DOLLAR Payable on Demand in Confederate Treasury notes when the sum of Ten Dollar is Presented"
Serial #34. Hand signed "Keatinge & Ball". A problem-free note graded FINE 12 by PMG. NO tears or pinholes.
Englishman Edward Keatinge was an expert engraver who had previously worked for the American Bank Note Company in New York City. Confederate Treasury Secretary Memminger recruited him to do engravings for the Treasury Note Division and he formed a company with Virginian Thomas A. Ball for that purpose. Due to Keatinge’s superior engraving work and a need for consistency, Keatinge & Ball were selected as the sole engraving firm for Confederate Treasury notes. They engraved and printed notes in Richmond from August 1861 until April 1862 when they accepted Memminger’s request to move operations to Columbia.
Keatinge & Ball’s first location in Columbia was on the second floor of the Hussung Building at the northeast corner of Main and Pendleton Streets where the Edgar Brown Building stands today. In May of 1863, Keatinge & Ball purchased the City Hotel building and moved their printing plant. This new, more spacious facility was on the southwest corner of Main and Laurel Streets where City Hall is now.