First National Bank of Cincinnati, OH (Charter 24)
First National Bank of Cincinnati, OH (Chartered 1863 - Open past 1935)
Town History
Cincinnati is located in Hamilton County.
Cincinnati had 25 National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all 25 of those banks issued National Bank Notes. Cincinnati also had 18 Obsolete Banks that issued Obsolete Bank Notes during the Obsolete Bank Note Era (1782-1866).
Bank History
- Chartered Jul 13, 1863
- Assumed 620 by consolidation Apr 1, 1870 (Central National Bank, Cincinnati, OH)
- Absorbed 3606 Sep 12, 1904 (Ohio Valley National Bank, Cincinnati, OH)
- Assumed 2315 by consolidation Feb 14, 1905 (NB of Commerce/N La Fayette B, Cincinnati, OH)
- Assumed 844 by consolidation Jan 25, 1910 (Merchants National Bank, Cincinnati, OH)
- Bank was Open past 1935
- For Bank History after 1935 see:
- FDIC Bank History website
- Charter 24 still in business as U.S. Bank N.A. (Nov 2025)
Official Bank Title(s)
1: The First National Bank of Cincinnati, OH
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $37,762,910 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1863 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 4,243,290 notes (4,070,976 large size and 172,314 small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments Original Series 4x5 1 - 23550 Original Series 2x10-20-50 1 - 9600 Original Series 2x10-20-50 9851 - 12250 Original Series 20-50 9601 - 9850 Original Series 100-100 1 - 3210 Series 1875 4x5 1 - 12200 Series 1875 2x10-20-50 1 - 6000 Series 1875 100-100 1 - 1340 1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 43564 1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 29839 1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 2840 1902 Red Seal 4x5 1 - 103750 1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 74000 1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 260690 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 170000 1902 Date Back 3x50-100 1 - 7192 1902 Plain Back 4x5 260691 - 423898 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 170001 - 277931 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 14977 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 8844 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 4106 1929 Type 1 6x50 1 - 614 1929 Type 1 6x100 1 - 178
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1863 - 1935):
Presidents:
- John Washington Ellis, 1863-1866
- James Abner Frazer, 1867-1867
- John Washington Ellis, 1868-1869
- Learner Blackman Harrison, 1870-1901
- William Stanhope Rowe, 1902-1928
- John Jay Rowe Sr., 1929-1933
- Thomas J. Davis, 1934-1935
Cashiers:
- James D. Thompson, 1863-1864
- Theodore Stanwood, 1865-1889
- William Stanhope Rowe, 1890-1901
- Thomas J. Davis, 1902-1912
- Robert McEvilley, 1913-1917
- Percy Eugene Kline, 1918-1927
- Arthur Reuben Luthy, 1928-1935
Other Known Bank Note Signers
Bank Note History Links
- First National Bank of Cincinnati, OH History (NB Lookup)
- John J. Rowe; National Bank President, Paper Money Collector (SPMC PM#246)
- Ohio Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)
Sources
- Cincinnati, OH, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio
- 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
