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Three rare tokens issued as money during the English Civil War in Nottinghamshire have fetched nearly £10,000 at auction. The town of Newark on Trent was held by forces loyal to King Charles I ...
Click here to see how much soldiers were paid during the Civil War Privates on each side initially earned $11 per month. In June 1864, the Confederates raised each soldier’s pay to $18 per month.
A rare coin minted by Royalists during the English Civil War is to be put up for auction ... "They were distributed in the ...
Paper money issued by the Bank of North America ... the federal government and finance capital that was forged during the Civil War “mortgaged a radical Reconstruction” before the conflict ...
In most key aspects of the American Civil War – from money and manpower to guns and ... both tactically and psychologically, during the war and made meaningful contributions to a number of ...
More than 800 gold Civil War-era coins were discovered ... It wasn’t unusual for people to bury their money during times of war to keep it safe but what might make these coins sell for a premium ...
As Rhett Butler pointed out in "Gone with the Wind," there were just some things the South lacked during the Civil ... war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money ...