Where did this money come from?
Confederate dollar
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
5 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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DocumentedQualified
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Later contribution1100–1500
Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessor1497–1603
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accountingQualified · Intervening stages openMultiple connections
Spanish real / peso de a ocho2 connectionsLater contribution2000
Ecuadorian sucreDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1861–1864
United States dollarQualifiedThis currency
Confederate dollarDates, conversion terms and evidence 6 connections
Spanish real / peso de a ocho United States dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Ecuadorian sucre United States dollar
2000DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗United States dollar Confederate dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Ecuadorian sucre
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accounting Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Evidence period: 1100–1500QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Evidence period: 1497–1603QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.