California National Bank of Santa Ana
large size $10
This specimen was lot 90053 in Stack's Bowers September 2018 Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[2] noted, "Santa Ana, California. $10 1902 Plain Back. Fr. 627. The California NB. Charter #9904. PMG Very Fine 20. A few folds are noticed on the back of the note, while the rest of this Santa Ana, California $10 National retains a nice, original circulated appeal to it."
large size $20
This note was lot 2675 in Goldberg sale 62 (Beverly Hills, February 2010), where it sold for $2,415. The catalog description[1] noted, "1902, $20 National Bank Note. The California NB, Santa Ana, CA. PCGS Very Fine 20. Third Charter Date Backs and Plain Backs only from this rare bank, which issued for just a dozen years before liquidating in early 1923. Only six notes are known, a number which has remained unchanged for several years with no new discoveries in the last decade or so. Purple signatures add to the visual appeal of this note that was in both the Charles Colver and the Lowell Horwedel collections. It last sold for a hair over $4,000 when last offered in 2004."
Catalog reference: Fr-653, KL-1305.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 62: the Pre-Long Beach Sale, Beverly Hills: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2011.
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- see National Bank Notes of California for a complete list by charter number
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