College National Bank, Berkeley, CA (Charter 11495)

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College National Bank, Berkeley, CA (Chartered 1919 - Liquidated 1929)

Town History

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Berkeley is located in Alameda County.

Berkeley had five National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and four of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized Sep 30, 1919
• Chartered Oct 31, 1919
• Liquidated Jul 27, 1929
• Absorbed by American Trust Company, San Francisco

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The College National Bank of Berkeley, CA

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $1,022,900 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1919 and 1929. This consisted of a total of 81,832 notes (81,832 large size and No small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	1 - 20458

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1919 - 1929):

Presidents:

• Benjamin Franklin Lynip, 1920-1922
• Frank Ernest Heath, 1923-1923
• Oscar T. Barber, 1924-1928

Cashiers:

• Brown Garfield Ensign, 1920-1921
• John O. Matthias, 1922-1924
• Leo Grant Titus, 1925-1928

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• College National Bank, Berkeley, CA History (NB Lookup)
• California Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Berkeley, CA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley,_California
• Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
• Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
• Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project