Exchange National Bank, Colorado Springs, CO (Charter 3913)

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Postcard of The Exchange National Bank of Colorado Springs, Colorado, ca1910s.
Postcard of The Exchange National Bank of Colorado Springs, Colorado, ca1910s. Courtesy of Adam Stroup

Exchange National Bank, Colorado Springs, CO (Chartered 1888 - Closed (Merger) 1993)

Town History

Photo of The Exchange National Bank located at 6 South Tejon Street, ca2020. At the time it was a branch of U.S. Bank.
Photo of The Exchange National Bank located at 6 South Tejon Street, ca2020. At the time it was a branch of U.S. Bank. Courtesy of Google Maps

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most populous city in the United States. It is located in east-central Colorado, on Fountain Creek, 70 miles south of Denver.

At 6,035 feet in elevation, the city stands over 1 mile above sea level, though some areas are significantly higher and lower. Colorado Springs is near the base of Pikes Peak, which rises 14,115 feet above sea level on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains.

From 1899 to 1901 Tesla Experimental Station operated on Knob Hill, and aircraft flights to the Broadmoor's neighboring fields began in 1919. Alexander Airport north of the city opened in 1925, and in 1927 the original Colorado Springs Municipal Airport land was purchased east of the city.

The city's military presence began during World War II, beginning with Camp Carson (now the 135,000-acre Fort Carson base) that was established in 1941. During the war, the United States Army Air Forces leased land adjacent to the municipal airfield, naming it Peterson Field in December 1942.

In November 1950, Ent Air Force Base was selected as the Cold War headquarters for Air Defense Command (ADC). The former WWII Army Air Base, Peterson Field, which had been inactivated at the end of the war, was re-opened in 1951 as a U.S. Air Force base. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was established as a hardened command and control center within the Cheyenne Mountain Complex during the Cold War.

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy immediately north of Colorado Springs. It is the youngest of the five service academies, having graduated its first class in 1959.

Colorado Springs had five National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all five of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

  • Organized July 10, 1888
  • Chartered July 25, 1888
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into Colorado National Bank in Denver, CO May 1, 1993

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Exchange National Bank of Colorado Springs, CO

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Date Back $10 bank note with stamped signatures of S.J. Giles, Cashier and A.G. Sharp, President.
1902 Date Back $10 bank note with stamped signatures of S.J. Giles, Cashier and A.G. Sharp, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com
1929 Type 2 $50 bank note with printed signatures of C.C. Morris, Cashier and A.G. Sharp, President.
1929 Type 2 $50 bank note with printed signatures of C.C. Morris, Cashier and A.G. Sharp, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

A total of $1,777,430 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1888 and 1993. This consisted of a total of 168,240 notes (136,292 large size and 31,948 small size notes).

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

Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 9417
1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 10750
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 12000
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 12001 - 13906
1929 Type 2 5 1 - 16970
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 8850
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 4004
1929 Type 2 50 1 - 1391
1929 Type 2 100 1 - 733

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1888 - 1993):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Known Bank Note Signers

Bank Note History Links

Sources

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