Union National Bank of Pasadena, California
large size $5
This specimen was lot 10508 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Pasadena, California. $5 1902 Plain Back. Fr. 600. The Union NB. Charter #9121. Fine. One of Pasadena's scarcest banks, with this newly discovered note making just 10 reported to the current census. A nice honest circulated note that displays some average soiling for the grade. For accuracy there is a stray blue grease mark on the top right of the note."
large size $10
This specimen was lot 17986 in Heritage auction 354 (the Horwedel sale, Long Beach, CA, September 2004), where it sold for $1,495. The catalog description[1] noted, "Pasadena, CA - $10 1902 Plain Back Fr. 626 The Union NB Ch. # (P)9121. A very difficult to find note from one of Pasadena's scarcest banks, with just six examples listed in the census, one of which is laminated. This is the only $10 known from the bank and one of only two reported Plain Backs. Fine, with some repaired splits at the folds. From Currency Auctions of America's November, 1992 sale, lot 2049."
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