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Bank Info for NB Charter 1784 (1871 - 1933)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Bellefontaine National Bank
Bellefontaine, OH
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1871-1895 James Leister William Lawrence
1896-1899 J. C. Brand, Jr. William Vance Marquis
1900-1905 J. C. Brand, Jr. Chas. McLaughlin
1906-1910 Earl M. Smith Chas. McLaughlin
1911-1928 Fred C. Spittle Chas. McLaughlin
1929-1932 Fred C. Spittle C. S. Hockett
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
Original Series 3x1-2 1 - 4000
Original Series 4x5 1 - 3125
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 1600
Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 3588
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 4600
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 628
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 5100
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 5101 - 20101
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 2488
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 676
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 670
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 65
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Aug 12, 1870
  • Chartered Feb 3, 1871
  • Conservatorship Mar 23, 1933
  • Receivership Dec 26, 1933
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1896) $255,944
High Bal (1931) $1,628,021
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1890) $43,100
High Bal (1874) $103,500
Total Out (1932) $100,000
# Large Notes 150,568
# Small Notes 19,719
# Total Notes 170,287
$ Large Size $1,608,350
$ Small Size $238,400
$ Total Issued $1,846,750
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-02-1871 $257,106.52 $102,000.00
Oct-03-1872 $304,577.15 $102,500.00
Sep-12-1873 $323,256.84 $102,500.00
Oct-02-1874 $389,335.69 $103,500.00
Oct-01-1875 $391,984.83 $103,500.00
Oct-02-1876 $367,328.64 $102,500.00
Oct-01-1877 $347,050.53 $102,500.00
Oct-01-1878 $404,692.90 $102,900.00
Oct-02-1879 $361,127.95 $81,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $353,501.05 $81,900.00
Oct-01-1881 $358,632.57 $83,700.00
Oct-03-1882 $361,142.32 $83,700.00
Oct-02-1883 $353,068.02 $83,700.00
Sep-30-1884 $287,658.25 $88,500.00
Oct-01-1885 $318,919.39 $85,700.00
Oct-07-1886 $315,736.44 $62,720.00
Oct-05-1887 $312,666.27 $62,970.00
Oct-04-1888 $301,004.12 $61,450.00
Sep-30-1889 $311,261.29 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $293,270.54 $43,100.00
Sep-25-1891 $275,809.71 $44,000.00
Sep-30-1892 $324,186.98 $44,250.00
Oct-03-1893 $278,136.09 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1894 $277,537.09 $43,700.00
Sep-28-1895 $297,478.13 $44,295.00
Oct-06-1896 $255,943.51 $44,545.00
Oct-05-1897 $280,455.18 $44,495.00
Sep-20-1898 $306,746.73 $44,445.00
Sep-07-1899 $341,246.87 $44,995.00
Sep-05-1900 $349,784.71 $49,995.00
Sep-30-1901 $380,366.77 $49,995.00
Sep-15-1902 $346,296.61 $49,995.00
Sep-09-1903 $363,339.92 $49,995.00
Sep-06-1904 $376,470.87 $49,995.00
Aug-25-1905 $342,379.00 $49,995.00
Sep-04-1906 $399,760.00 $49,995.00
Aug-22-1907 $461,635.00 $49,995.00
Sep-23-1908 $430,432.00 $49,995.00
Sep-01-1909 $469,353.00 $49,095.00
Sep-01-1910 $494,679.00 $48,795.00
Sep-01-1911 $523,220.00 $69,995.00
Sep-04-1912 $543,229.00 $69,995.00
Aug-09-1913 $545,347.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $545,340.00 $100,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $589,391.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $582,032.00 $100,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $680,230.00 $100,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $880,479.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $907,161.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $975,713.00 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $938,515.00 $100,000.00
Sep-15-1922 $957,370.00 $100,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $1,029,961.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $1,018,957.00 $98,400.00
Sep-28-1925 $1,228,473.00 $97,900.00
Dec-31-1926 $1,300,319.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $1,244,987.00 $97,100.00
Dec-31-1928 $1,243,973.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $1,321,193.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $1,255,420.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $1,628,021.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $1,376,399.00 $100,000.00

 

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