Civil War era bond & stock certificate in addition to a post war $5 railway clerk currency. Item 1 - State of Virginia Bank of Commonwealth Stock Certificate, 1864. Issues 40 shares of Bank of Commonwealth capital stock at $100 per share to Hugh W. Fry. Pictorial vignettes on stock certificate include a farm harvesting scene upper left corner, a portrait of George Washington lower left corner, a couple of merchants standing in front of two barrels of tobacco, and a vignette portrait of a young woman in the upper right corner. Embossed with the city of Richmond seal. Item 2 - 1865 Confederate States of America 8% Interest Bond to Hugh Fry, Confederate States of America, Act of August 19, 1861, Amount $2000. 8% Interest Bond. Bond printed in black by J.T. Paterson & Co., Columbia, South Carolina, vignette of a three masted ship / schooner center (Note - assigned a Rarity-7 rating in the Ball Confederate Bond book). 3rd item - The Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks National Bank Of Cincinnati $5 Bank Note. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

1st item - fine condition. 2nd item - Fine condition with a couple of light brown spots near margin. 3rd - worn, circulated condition with losses to edge.