National Bank, Oxford, PA (Charter 728)

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National Bank, Oxford, PA (Chartered 1865 - Open past 1935)

Town History

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Oxford is located in Chester County.

Oxford had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized Jan 4, 1865
• Chartered Jan 19, 1865
• Succeeded Oxford Bank
• Bank was Open past 1935

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The National Bank of Oxford, PA

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $3,194,780 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1865 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 335,691 notes (272,818 large size and 62,873 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 - 500
Original Series	4x5	1 - 2250
Original Series	3x10-20	1 - 1940
Original Series	50-100	1 - 471
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 847
Series 1875	3x10-20	1 - 1157
Series 1875	50-100	1 - 730
1882 Brown Back	4x5	1 - 4380
1882 Brown Back	50-100	1 - 3074
1902 Red Seal	4x5	1 - 5016
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 3193
1902 Date Back	4x5	1 - 4100
1902 DB/PB	4x5	4101 - 4500	Type uncertain
1902 Plain Back	4x5	4501 - 28316
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 3400
1902 DB/PB	3x10-20	3401 - 3720	Type uncertain
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	3721 - 18468
1929 Type 1	6x5	1 - 4970
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 2710
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 692
1929 Type 2	5	1 - 7432
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 3913
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 1296

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1865 - 1935):

Presidents:

• Rev. Samuel Dickey, 1865-1883
• Samuel Ralston Dickey, 1884-1925
• John Everton Ramsey, 1926-1926
• Frank Everett Brown, 1927-1935

Cashiers:

• Dr. James H. Cunningham, 1865-1866
• John Janvier, 1867-1877
• John Everton Ramsey, 1878-1899
• Morrison E. Snodgrass, 1907-1933

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• National Bank, Oxford, PA History (NB Lookup)
• Pennsylvania Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Oxford, PA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford,_Pennsylvania
• 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