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Bank Info for NB Charter 3548 (1886 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Illinois National Bank of
Springfield, IL
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1886-1894 Benjamin Robert Hieronymus De Witt W. Smith
1895-1895 Benjamin Robert Hieronymus Frank Reisch
1896-1905 Benjamin Robert Hieronymus Algernon Farr
1906-1908 H. M. Merriam Algernon Farr
1909-1910 H. M. Merriam Chas. G. Brown
1911-1914 H. M. Merriam Benjamin Robert Hieronymus
1915-1924 Logan Coleman Benjamin Robert Hieronymus
1925-1935 F. C. Brinkerhoff Logan Coleman
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
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 6794
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 5300
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 17000
1902 DB/PB 3x10-20 17001 - 19000 Type uncertain
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 19001 - 48224
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 6445
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 1708

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Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jun 12, 1886
  • Chartered Aug 10, 1886
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1886) $427,684
High Bal (1928) $6,077,609
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1886) $45,000
High Bal (1933) $300,000
Total Out (1934) $150,000
# Large Notes 241,272
# Small Notes 48,918
# Total Notes 290,190
$ Large Size $3,015,900
$ Small Size $591,660
$ Total Issued $3,607,560
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-07-1886 $427,684.32 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $709,940.56 $45,000.00
Oct-04-1888 $887,227.62 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1889 $966,969.02 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $822,228.82 $45,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $927,664.72 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1892 $965,909.33 $45,000.00
Oct-03-1893 $866,816.08 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1894 $845,583.79 $45,000.00
Sep-28-1895 $892,572.69 $45,000.00
Oct-06-1896 $820,738.13 $45,000.00
Oct-05-1897 $961,138.34 $45,000.00
Sep-20-1898 $956,223.97 $45,000.00
Sep-07-1899 $1,083,084.40 $54,000.00
Sep-05-1900 $1,330,732.72 $60,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $1,519,713.29 $60,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $1,574,612.01 $60,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $1,843,239.63 $60,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $1,889,605.58 $75,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $1,857,869.00 $75,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $1,765,831.00 $100,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $2,092,131.00 $160,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $2,142,648.00 $230,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $2,385,257.00 $280,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $2,194,887.00 $280,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $2,681,455.00 $280,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $2,351,636.00 $280,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $2,270,326.00 $200,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $2,220,761.00 $199,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $2,513,013.00 $196,900.00
Sep-12-1916 $2,642,958.00 $196,200.00
Sep-11-1917 $3,189,415.00 $200,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $3,803,427.00 $200,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $4,251,314.00 $200,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $4,672,457.00 $195,900.00
Sep-06-1921 $4,140,032.00 $194,200.00
Sep-15-1922 $3,869,582.00 $198,600.00
Sep-14-1923 $4,511,603.00 $200,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $4,578,267.00 $198,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $4,928,449.00 $197,500.00
Dec-31-1926 $5,629,368.00 $198,100.00
Oct-10-1927 $5,792,929.00 $196,700.00
Dec-31-1928 $6,077,609.00 $198,150.00
Dec-31-1929 $5,740,218.00 $200,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $5,418,229.00 $197,180.00
Dec-31-1931 $4,947,262.00 $200,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $3,931,685.00 $298,680.00
Dec-30-1933 $4,476,261.00 $300,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $4,328,258.00 $150,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $4,752,376.00 $0.00

 

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