Farmers Exchange National Bank of San Bernardino, California
large size $10, date back
This specimen was lot 20367 in Heritage auction 3574 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted,
"San Bernardino, CA - $10 1902 Date Back Fr. 618 The Farmers Exchange NB Ch. # (P)8618 PMG Very Fine 25. This is a very scarce San Bernardino bank which issued large size only during its brief existence from 1907 until 1924. To date, just seven notes are reported from here, only one of which has been publicly available in over a dozen years. This offering is one of the finer survivors and was last on the market in a 1991 Superior sale. It is a crisp mid-grade Date Back with bold stamped signatures and just a small pencilled number on the back. From the Norris Turner Collection."
large size $10, plain back
This specimen was lot 18098 in Heritage auction 354 (the Horwedel sale, Long Beach, CA, September 2004), where it sold for $1,092.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "San Bernardino, CA - $10 1902 Plain Back Fr. 626 The Farmers Exchange NB Ch. # (P)8618. This bank issued Third Charters only before liquidating in 1924. Only four notes are known, with this the Colver specimen, which realized $1210 five years ago. Well circulated Very Good, not a thing of beauty but rare enough to reach or exceed... Ex-Charles Colver collection sale, lot 1988."
Link to:
- return to National Bank Notes of San Bernardino County, California
- see National Bank Notes of California for a complete list by charter number