National Bank, Pottstown, PA (Charter 608)

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National Bank, Pottstown, PA (Chartered 1864 - Open past 1935)

Town History

The Bank of Pottstown obsolete $5
The Bank of Pottstown obsolete $5, Haxby PA-565 with pen signatures of William M., Cashier and Henry Potts, President, dated Dec. 1, 1857. Engraved at Toppan, Carpenter & Co., the bottom center vignette shows father, son and plow horse hard at work on the farm. Vermillion "V" protectors are on either side. Beside the title are two portraits: at left, James Buchanan; at right, a little girl with hair in ringlets. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions.

Pottstown is located in Montgomery County.

Pottstown had three National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all three of those banks issued National Bank Notes. Pottstown also had one Obsolete bank, The Bank of Pottstown, Haxby PA-565, which became the National Bank of Pottstown in 1865.

Bank History

  • Organized November 22, 1864
  • Chartered December 6, 1864
  • Bank was Open past 1935

Official Bank Title

1: The National Bank of Pottstown, PA

Bank Note Types Issued

Original series $5 bank note
Original series $5 bank note with faded signatures. The cashier at the time was William I. Rutter and the president was Daniel Price. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1882 Brown Back $5 bank note
1882 Brown Back $5 bank note with pen signatures of Horace Evans, Cashier and Daniel Price, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1882 Brown Back $50 bank note
1882 Brown Back $50 bank note with stamped signatures of Newton Kline, Cashier and Horace Evans, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1902 Red Seal $20 bank note
1902 Red Seal $20 bank note with stamped signatures of Newton Kline, Cashier and Horace Evans, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1902 Plain Back $10 bank note
1902 Plain Back $10 bank note with Radar SN and stamped signatures of Newton Kline, Cashier and Horace Evans, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1929 Type 2 $10 bank note
1929 Type 2 $10 bank note with printed signatures of Leonard Leaf, Cashier and Percy Williamson, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $7,395,020 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 623,414 notes (542,362 large size and 81,052 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 - 400
Original Series 4x5 1 - 6800
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 5850
Original Series 50-100 1 - 350
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 5400
Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 6540
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 5635
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 8743
1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 1197
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 13500
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 27400
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 27401 - 81949
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 8916
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 2478
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 11091
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 1597

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1864 - 1935):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Known Bank Note Signers

  • No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

Sources

  • Pottstown, PA, 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
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