Fairfield, PA - Ch. 9256 - 1902 $20 Blue Seal Plain

It appears that blue ink was the color of the day when this lightly handled plain back left the bank in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. A choice XF example.

This is the last of a small group of Fairfield twenties. It doesn't have the perfect pen signatures like the other examples do. That shouldn't be surprising though as by the late 1920s most banking of

The first of two really nice Fairfield, PA notes. Even if you don't collect Pennsylvania notes, this is just a flat out beautiful example of the two things most collectors look for in nationals: pen s

This note picked up an extra fold or two compared to its kin in the previous lot. Interestingly, this one is signed in black ink instead of blue. Another great quality national banknote.

None of the three large size notes from Stanley, Virginia have ever traded hands at a public auction. This was the sole bank in Stanley. So if you need a large example then today's offering might be y

As we will be saying often today, here is yet another great addition to the national banknote census. This blue seal from De Funiak Springs was recently discovered in Maryland and consigned to our sal

This beautiful $20 blue seal fits into a known run of high grade twenties from The Fayette National Bank of Connersville. It should make a nice addition to a state set thanks to its crisp white paper

According to census records, it has been more than 13 years since a large size note from Lake City has been available at auction. An example was even missing from the 2008 auction of the Sunshine coll

A large size Manassas note from this charter has not been auctioned in the 21st century. And for the record, some significant Virginia holdings have been dispersed in that time period. There are just

Despite opening as an early second charter bank in 1882, this 1920s plain back is actually the oldest note from the bank! I am not sure what the banking environment was like in Circleville, but they r

Collectors are fortunate that someone at The Dunbar National Bank of New York must have really liked banknotes. There are lots of nice notes available from it. However, in terms of technical grade, fe

Here is a lovely lightly circulated $50 national banknote blue seal. The paper is crisp and the margins are perfect, but I believe the blue pen signatures steal the show.

This Freeport peach should be of serious interest to any Long Island collectors looking to upgrade their holdings. We are limiting its grade to just AU/UNC because of a horizontal sheet fold that is m

This is the top note from a cut sheet of 1902 plain backs issued by The Phenix National Bank of Providence. Rhode Island is of course the smallest state in the country. It didn't have many national ba

Just a dozen large notes are known from this Wayne County bank. This example is certainly in the top quarter of the documented survivors.

What a great name for a Pennsylvania bank - The Keystone National Bank. Just 15 large size survivors are known to exist. From The M&M hoard.

This southeastern Pennsylvania town was the host to eight note-issuing National Banks with this note from the third of those eight issuers. Original surfaces and bold stamped signatures are seen on th

There are now just ten notes known to exist that used the second title of this Waynesboro bank. The title changed in late 1926, leaving just two years for the issuance of large size currency.

A pleasing, evenly circulated $10 Plain Back from this scarce Montgomery County bank, it is one of just eight notes in the latest census and easily the finest available in over ten years.

A bright, well inked Plain Back from this bank that operated in always in demand Sullivan County, an area that still hosts many vacation destinations for New York City residents. Bold purple stamped s

Collectors will rejoice at the chance to add a new California town to their holdings. The note offered here is fresh to the numismatic market - having recently been discovered in Southern California a

This serial number one blue seal from Arkansas originally showed up as part of the Hendrix collection at the bottom of the market in 2009 and it sold for a pittance as did many notes from that collect

Here is another exciting Illinois find. No banknotes were known to exist before this stunner showed up late this summer. Apparently it was saved as part of Mr. Green's (the signing president) final de

Prairie City, Oregon had a single national bank. This new addition to the census brings the large size count to just four pieces. This is the only date back, as such, it is the oldest known note for t