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Bank Info for NB Charter 4513 (1891 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Merchants National Bank of
Bangor, PA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1891-1892 Andrew Eyer Dr. John Buzzard
1893-1913 Andrew Eyer William Preston Bray
1914-1915 William H. Reagle William Preston Bray
1916-1923 Isaac Lorenzo Kressler William Preston Bray
1924-1935 Isaac Lorenzo Kressler Benjamin Franklin Miller
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 - 8320
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 2281
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 7000
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 7001 - 23751
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 3526
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 906
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 4858
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 985
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1891) $110,698
High Bal (1930) $3,493,686
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1891) $11,250
High Bal (1932) $125,000
Total Out (1934) $124,000
# Large Notes 137,408
# Small Notes 32,435
# Total Notes 169,843
$ Large Size $1,717,600
$ Small Size $388,560
$ Total Issued $2,106,160
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-25-1891 $110,697.98 $11,250.00
Sep-30-1892 $147,958.47 $11,250.00
Oct-03-1893 $158,946.04 $11,250.00
Oct-02-1894 $145,501.12 $11,250.00
Sep-28-1895 $157,987.51 $11,250.00
Oct-06-1896 $150,920.58 $11,250.00
Oct-05-1897 $179,072.85 $11,250.00
Sep-20-1898 $186,876.97 $11,250.00
Sep-07-1899 $270,902.05 $11,250.00
Sep-05-1900 $324,102.88 $37,500.00
Sep-30-1901 $344,290.15 $37,500.00
Sep-15-1902 $420,917.52 $37,500.00
Sep-09-1903 $562,711.93 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $607,500.23 $100,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $665,594.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $699,296.00 $100,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $783,676.00 $100,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $704,952.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $713,287.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $742,020.00 $96,900.00
Sep-01-1911 $793,528.00 $94,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $799,009.00 $95,050.00
Aug-09-1913 $861,085.00 $99,800.00
Sep-12-1914 $1,022,602.00 $99,600.00
Sep-02-1915 $1,039,273.00 $98,600.00
Sep-12-1916 $1,057,579.00 $98,800.00
Sep-11-1917 $1,208,795.00 $98,400.00
Aug-31-1918 $1,380,138.00 $91,700.00
Sep-12-1919 $1,568,007.00 $97,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $1,723,333.00 $98,300.00
Sep-06-1921 $1,790,657.00 $94,200.00
Sep-15-1922 $1,954,129.00 $97,500.00
Sep-14-1923 $2,231,129.00 $86,200.00
Oct-10-1924 $2,449,380.00 $94,600.00
Sep-28-1925 $2,655,382.00 $90,100.00
Dec-31-1926 $3,066,675.00 $90,500.00
Oct-10-1927 $3,228,454.00 $94,400.00
Dec-31-1928 $3,384,449.00 $98,200.00
Dec-31-1929 $3,398,481.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $3,493,686.00 $98,680.00
Dec-31-1931 $3,152,093.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $2,730,768.00 $125,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $2,680,075.00 $123,560.00
Dec-31-1934 $2,935,898.00 $124,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $2,971,690.00 $0.00

 

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