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1902 $20 Red Seal - Front
1902 $20 Red Seal - Back
1902 $20 Date Back - Front
1902 $20 Date Back - Back
1902 $20 Plain Back - Front
1902 $20 Plain Back - Back
| Item | Info |
|---|---|
| Series | 1902 |
| Charter | #6107 First National Bank of Memphis, Texas |
| Year Chartered | 1902, 492 Banks Chartered |
| City Info | Memphis is a city and the county seat of Hall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,290. Memphis, Texas, the county seat of Hall County, is at the junction of U.S. Highway 287, State Highway 256, and Farm Road 1547, in the northeastern part of the county. It started in 1889, when J. C. Montgomery purchased land for a townsite north of Salisbury on the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. This land had been previously owned by W. H. Robertson, who had a dugout near Parker Creek. Montgomery and Robertson, with Rev. J. W. Brice and T. J. Woods, Jr., of Dallas, formed a townsite company and presented a plat early in January 1890. P. M. Kelly opened a law office. A rooming house, a general store, a drugstore, and several residences were soon erected. For a time, the new town was without a name. Several suggestions were submitted to federal postal authorities, but with negative results. Finally, as the story goes, Reverend Brice, while in Austin, happened to see a letter addressed by accident to Memphis, Texas, rather than Tennessee, with the notation "no such town in Texas". The name was submitted and accepted, and a post office was established on September 12, 1890, with Robertson … Source: Wikipedia |
| Similar Cities | 14 banks with similar city. First 12 below: 1. Memphis, Tennessee - First National Bank 2. Memphis, Tennessee - Tennessee National Bank 3. Memphis, Tennessee - Merchants National Bank 4. Memphis, Tennessee - German National Bank 5. Memphis, Tennessee - Fourth National Bank 6. Memphis, Tennessee - Central State National Bank 7. Memphis, Missouri - Scotland County National Bank 8. Memphis, Tennessee - Memphis National Bank 9. Memphis, Tennessee - Continental National Bank 10. Memphis, Tennessee - National Bank of Commerce 11. Memphis, Texas - Hall County National Bank 12. Memphis, Tennessee - National City Bank |
| Seal Varieties | Red, Blue |
| See Also | If your note doesn't match try: 1. 1905 $20 Gold Certificate 2. 1906 $20 Gold Certificate |
| Other Info | 1. Value depends on notes known for charter, condition and market demand. |
| Neat Fact | Full and partial sheets of National Bank Notes are known to exists. Families of bank officials, particularly those who signed the notes, kept them as keepsakes. Some sheets are extremely valuable. Others are more common. |
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