Commercial National Bank, Kansas City, MO (Charter 1995)

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Commercial National Bank, Kansas City, MO (Chartered 1872 - Receivership 1878)

Town History

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Kansas City is located in Jackson County.

Kansas City had 43 National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and 40 of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

Organized May 6, 1872
Chartered June 3, 1872
Receivership February 11, 1878

Official Bank Title

1: The Commercial National Bank, Kansas City, MO

Bank Note Types Issued

Original Series $10 bank note with pen signatures of W.S. Ide, Cashier and L.K. Thacher, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

Original Series $1 bank note with pen signatures of Meade S. Woodson, Cashier and L.K. Thacher, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

Original Series $2 bank note with pen signatures of Meade S. Woodson, Cashier and L.K. Thacher, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

A total of $108,300 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1872 and 1878. This consisted of a total of 25,248 notes (25,248 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
Original Series	3x1-2	1 - 2940
Original Series	4x5	1 - 2500
Original Series	3x10-20	1 - 500
Series 1875	3x10-20	1 - 372

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1872 - 1878):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Known Bank Note Signers

Beverley Randolph Keim (VP 1877)

Bank Note History Links

Sources

Kansas City, MO, on Wikipedia
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