THIAN'S REGISTER OF THE CONFEDERATE DEBT

Today, Confederate Paper Money collectors hold Raphael P. Thian in the highest of regards. Specialists pour over the reprint edition of his Register of the Confederate Debt, and originals of that rare book sell for the tens of thousands of dollars. Thian’s Register is frequently mentioned on lists of “rarest” or “most important” numismatic works, and when a new example is discovered it rates a front-page story on the cover of Bank Note Reporter.

However, Thian died in relative obscurity in late 1911. When he did so, most of his personal Confederate volumes came into the possession of his younger son, Prosper E. Thian,

He contacted cataloger Philip Chase, Duke University in Durham, N.C., and other parties he thought likely to be interested in such materials. Chase who was in the process of writing his own Confederate note catalog to follow up on his 1936 pamphlet was a particularly astute choice for Thian.

Some of this material eventually came into possession of the Smithsonian Institution. According to the recently departed Smithsonian Numismatic Curator Dr. Richard Doty, who was a friend and colleague for nearly 40 years: “We have the two volumes (of Thian notes), plus correspondence between Thian’s son, P.E. Thian, and Philip Chase, mostly letters from Thian. Thian was selling Chase notes from time to time. All of this correspondence takes place during mid-February through early July 1945.

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