Freeport, NY - Ch. 7703 - 1902 $5 Blue Seal Plain Back

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Here is a crispy LA note from a charter that is usually only available in the form of an UNC brown back. This happens to be the only 1902 $5 date back known on the bank.

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.

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

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.

1902 Series, dated 1919 blue seal, Chase & Whitney. Very good condition crease on far right.

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

An exceptionally cool item that is making its first appearance on the market today. Of course any large uncut pair from Wisconsin is rare. But certainly do not overlook the wild fancy blue signature o

Eagle River is certainly one of the better town names for Wisconsin. The note offered today is new to the collector census. The Chet Krause large on this charter sold for $9,200 in 2008 and it was onl

There are just six other national banknotes bearing the title The Ocean National Bank of Newburyport, and only one of those six has traded hands publicly in the 21st century. The example here has grea

A bright, well printed large size $5 note from this private name capital city bank that had members of the Huntington family employed there for several decades.

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

If only hipsters could do for nationals what they did for Brooklyn real estate. This red seal might be worth $100,000. Jokes and speculation aside, this really is a great NY national. Super broad marg

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

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

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.