Confederate Money Values

Pierre Fricke – Numismatic Bio

I started my numismatic travels in 1969, when my grandmother gave me a box of old coins that I found to be fascinating. By 1973, I was an advanced collector of early American large cents by variety. I moved from early American coppers to bust half dollars in the late 1980s and 1990s. I began publishing a price guide for bust half dollars known as “Bust Half Quotes" in the late 1980s.

After doing research into my family history in Louisiana going back to the 1700s, learning more about the history of the early U.S.A and the South in particular, and after attending a few War for Southern Independence (so-called “Civil War") re-enactments, I decided to change my focus from early American coins to Confederate fiscal paper – notably Treasury notes and bonds. In particular, beyond my love of history and the South, I was impressed with the depth and opportunity Confederate paper offered the modern collector. I decided to begin my own Confederate paper money collection in 2001.

Building upon and expanding the late Dr. Douglas Ball’s research, I wrote Collecting Confederate Paper Money – Comprehensive Edition 2005 which was named the best U.S. Paper Money book of the year by the Numismatic Literary Guild and also received the SPMC Wismer award for the best paper money book in 2006. An updated, portable version - Collecting Confederate Paper Money – Field Edition 2008 – is now available. George Tremmel, Marty Davis, and I published Confederate Treasury Certificates - A Collector's Guide to IDRs in 2010 – part of a growing series on Confederate fiscal collectibles.

I collect rare Confederate paper money, Southern States paper money and other Confederate items (e.g., IDRs), 1860s Large Type Federal paper money, as well as Fugio coppers by Newman variety and am building a color set of U.S. large cents. I have completed my Confederate paper money and 1796 large cent collections (selling the latter in 2008).

Strong buyer of Confederate currency and related items. Strong buyer of many early American copper coins. I help people build unique, rare Confederate and Southern State paper money and early American copper collections.