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1902 $50 Red Seal - Front
1902 $50 Red Seal - Back
1902 $50 Date Back - Front
1902 $50 Date Back - Back
1902 $50 Plain Back - Front
1902 $50 Plain Back - Back
| Item | Info |
|---|---|
| Series | 1902 |
| Charter | #5009 First National Bank of Fairfield, Illinois |
| Year Chartered | 1895, 46 Banks Chartered |
| City Info | Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois, United States, and the location of Frontier Community College. The population was 5,421 at the 2000 census. Fairfield is most famous for being the hometown of the "friendly" people, and the Shelton Brothers Gang; notorious bootleggers who fought it out with the Harrisburg, Illinois based Birger Gang to control criminal activities in Southern Illinois. During the first half of the 20th century gang leaders Carl, Earl and Bernie Shelton made Fairfield a household name. Based on testimony of Charlie Birger himself, the Shelton Brothers were convicted for a 1925 unsolved mail carrier robbery of $15,000 and were sentenced to 25 years. They were released a few years later. Birger dominated bootlegging in Southern Illinois until he himself was hanged in Benton for the murder of West City Mayor Joe Adams in 1928. After serving their time, the Shelton brothers built a new criminal empire. Based out of East St Louis, one of the most prosperous cities of its day, they controlled all vice from Peoria and southward. Source: Wikipedia |
| Similar Cities | 14 banks with similar city. First 12 below: 1. Fairfield, Iowa - First National Bank 2. Fairfield, Maine - First National Bank 3. Fairfield, Nebraska - First National Bank 4. Fairfield, Texas - First National Bank 5. Fort Fairfield, Maine - Fort Fairfield National Bank 6. Fairfield, Maine - National Bank of Fairfield 7. Fairfield, Illinois - Fairfield National Bank 8. Fairfield, Iowa - Fairfield National Bank 9. Fairfield, Pennsylvania - First National Bank 10. Fairfield, Idaho - First National Bank 11. Fairfield, California - First National Bank 12. Fairfield, Montana - First National Bank |
| Seal Varieties | Red, Blue |
| Other Info | 1. Value depends on notes known for charter, condition and market demand. |
| Neat Fact | Engraved date is when bank was organized, a 20 or 40 year anniverary of its organization, or date of title change (Kelly, 5th Ed. P 5 & Huntoon 1995). |
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