Collection PL

United States 1929 - The Warren National Bank of Peabody, Massachusetts 10 Dollars Type 2 National Bank Note, Charter 616 (Fr. 1801-2)

Series of 1929 10 Dollars Type 2 National Bank Note issued by The Warren National Bank of Peabody, Massachusetts, Charter 616. This example is certified PMG 25 Very Fine and carries serial number A000791 with plate position E. Read more →

United States 1929 Type 2 - 10 Dollars National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Easthampton, Massachusetts Charter 428 (Fr. 1801-2)

The note shown here is a Series of 1929 Type 2 ten-dollar issue bearing the red-brown Treasury seal and charter number 428 at both sides of Alexander Hamilton’s portrait. Type 2 nationals were the final small-size format before the National system’s consolidation in 1935. Each note carries both federal and local officer facsimile signatures, linking Washington oversight with hometown banking identity. Serial A002473, plate position A, records a late-issue print run of only a few thousand sheets. Read more →

United States 1929 - Uncut Pair of $5 Type 2 National Bank Notes with 1944 Bank Letter – The Thomas County National Bank of Colby, Kansas Charter 13076 W.D. Ferguson Provenance (Friedberg 1800-1)

Uncut consecutive pair of Series of 1929 Type 2 five-dollar National Bank Notes from The Thomas County National Bank of Colby, Kansas (Charter 13076), accompanied by the original 1944 letter of transmittal from the bank’s president, W. D. Ferguson. Together, they form a uniquely documented provenance set-one of the most personal and historically complete National Bank artifacts known from rural Kansas. Read more →

United States 1929 - 5 Dollars Type 2 National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charter 1 (Fr. 1800-2)

This example is a Series of 1929 Type 2 five-dollar issue, distinguished from the earlier Type 1 by the addition of the bank’s charter number printed twice in brown ink within the Treasury seal and serial number fields. The central portrait of Abraham Lincoln and the black Treasury overprint tie the note’s aesthetic to the concurrent Federal Reserve designs while retaining the local bank title and signatures that define National Bank Notes. Friedberg designates this issue as 1800-2. Read more →