Commercial National Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles, California
large size $10
This specimen was lot 95471 in Stack's Bowers July 25, 2024 Collectors Choice Online Auction - U.S. Currency (Costa Mesa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "Los Angeles, California. $10 1902 Plain Back. Fr. 624. Commercial National Trust & Savings Bank. Charter #6864. PMG Very Fine 25. A solid mid grade example from a better Southern California charter that is readily outnumbered by a number of its peers. A total of 68 notes are recorded on this institution per the National Bank Note Census." This note was lot 92415 in Stack's Bowers October 26, 2023 Collectors Choice Online Auction, where it sold for $168.
large size $20
This specimen was lot 17860 in Heritage auction 354 (the Horwedel sale, Long Beach, CA, September 2004), where it sold for $258.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Los Angeles, CA - $20 1902 Plain Back Fr. 650 The Commercial NB Ch. # 6864. A pleasing example from this bank's first title, one of three dozen notes in the census on this title. Choice Fine+ with an extra broad bottom margin and bold stamped signatures."
Link to:
- return to National Bank Notes of Los Angeles County, California
- see National Bank Notes of California for a complete list by charter number