First National Bank in Santa Monica, California

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Santa Monica, from a 1939 street map
from the Stack's Bowers August 2020 Auction, lot 93432
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This specimen was lot 93432 in Stack's Bowers Spring 2024 Auction - Session 6 - U.S. Currency (Costa Mesa, CA, March 2024), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "Santa Monica, California. $20 1902 Plain Back. Fr. 650. The First NB. Charter #6945. PMG Fine 12. Hailing from a popular Southern California getaway this circulated, albeit appealing National oozes with originality. This note represents just 1 of 9 notes recorded on this bank's second title according to information compiled by the National Bank Note Census."