rahamy
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Q: Where was some of the first Confederate currency printed?
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lezgo killemall
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ill take a wild stab and say england
High Krausen
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Montgomery, Alabama
arckon
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I might go with Columbia in Sth Carolina.
rahamy
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All good guesses, but not correct so far...
Coaling
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From a 1998 essay produced by the Cincinnati Civil War Roundtable:
"The first issue of Confederate currency was printed in New York City before the outbreak of the war. There were many Confederate sympathizers in New York City at the beginning of the conflict and indeed all through the war many New Yorkers leaned toward the South. Most of the engravers and printers were in New York and so it was natural for these firms to make the currency at that time. Later the South secured engravers and printers and made its own bank notes."
"The first issue of Confederate currency was printed in New York City before the outbreak of the war. There were many Confederate sympathizers in New York City at the beginning of the conflict and indeed all through the war many New Yorkers leaned toward the South. Most of the engravers and printers were in New York and so it was natural for these firms to make the currency at that time. Later the South secured engravers and printers and made its own bank notes."
rahamy
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And that would be correct. 
High Krausen
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ahhh, but the first ones printed in the Confederacy were printed in Montgomery. My Bad