First National Bank of Fullerton, California
large size $10, value back
The first note was lot 2652 in Goldberg sale 62 (Beverly Hills, February 2010), where it sold for $9,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "1882, $10 National Bank Note. The First NB, Fullerton, CA. PCGS Very Fine 25. Only three Value Backs (all from this bank) and seven Second Charter notes of any design are known from Orange County. This piece from the Pannier Collection is the highest grade example listed in the census. Rare in all respects, and very likely to reach or exceed the top end of our estimate."
The second note was lot 2653 in Goldberg sale 62 (Beverly Hills, February 2010), where it sold for $10,062.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "1882, $10 National Bank Note. The First NB, Fullerton, CA. PCGS Very Fine 30. This large size-only bank was chartered in 1900 and closed in 1924. The higher grade of the two known $10 Value Backs from here, this piece is one of the nicest of the dozen reported large size examples in the census. The last Second Charter note sold from here, a lower grade Date Back example, brought $6,000 more than six years ago. Expect spirited bidding that could far surpass our estimate."
large size $10, plain back
The fourth note was lot 2657 in Goldberg sale 62 (Beverly Hills, February 2010), where it sold for $460. The catalog description[1] noted, "1902, $10 National Bank Note. The First NB, Fullerton, CA. PCGS Good 6. A dozen large size notes are known from here, with this piece well circulated and a little frayed at the edges but still fully intact." This note sold again in Goldberg sale 110 (Los Angeles, June 2019), for $312.
large size $20, date back
The third note was lot 2654 in Goldberg sale 62 (Beverly Hills, February 2010), where it sold for $3,795. The catalog description[1] noted, "1882, $20 National Bank Note. The First NB, Fullerton, CA. PCGS Apparent Fine 15. This rare note is the only known 1882 series Date Back example of any denomination from any Orange County Bank, and is one of just seven reported Second Charter notes of any design type from the county. Despite receiving an 'Apparent' grade from PCGS Currency for some trivial repairs near the center that affect nothing, it is a pleasing example overall and stands alone on rarity. When last sold as part of the Horwedel collection in 2004, it brought a hair over $6,000. Expect no less when this piece crosses the block today." This note was previously lot 17728 in Heritage auction 354 (the Horwedel sale, Long Beach, CA, September 2004), where it sold for $6,037.50.
Catalog reference: 1882 ten dollars: Fr-577, KL-1212; twenty dollars: Fr-555, KL-1278; 1902 ten dollars: Fr-633, KL-1237.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 62: the Pre-Long Beach Sale, Beverly Hills: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2011.
Link to:
- Coins and currency dated 1882
- Coins and currency dated 1902
- return to National Bank Notes of Orange County, California
- see National Bank Notes of California for a complete list by charter number