My comment is based on what is stated in Album weeds.
The #2
Genuine
Lithographed, on wove paper, a little thinner than that of the 5 c., and slightly surfaced in the unused copies. The background, behind the figure, is composed of crossed, horizontal and vertical lines, even closer together than in the 5 c. The mouth is darkly shaded, which makes Madison look as though he had a mustache, but there is not one in reality. The high cravat and open shirt-front of the Georgian era are very white and distinct. The coat appears to have a stand-up collar. There are twenty-one scallops round the central circle; the ones immediately below CONFEDERATE STATES and immediately above OF AMERICA being very much more distinct and prominent than the others. Outside these scallops, there are five stars on the right hand, and four on the left. Each of these stars has four points, blunt and indistinct. There is a white circle in the middle of each star, and a dark spot in the center of this. I must state that these stars are not at all easy to make out; for at a first glance they appear to be white balls or rings, instead of stars. The S and G of POSTAGE are both misshapen. The words TEN CENTS are in fat, squeezed-up letters; and the S of CENTS is like a reversed Z. There are two very distinct colored lines under TEN CENTS.
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