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Bank Info for NB Charter 4735 (1892 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Elgin National Bank
Elgin, IL
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1892-1898 Louis N. Seaman M. H. Thompson
1899-1901 Louis N. Seaman Edward C. Lowell
1902-1910 Louis N. Seaman Delmont E. Wood
1911-1913 C. F. O'Hara Delmont E. Wood
1914-1916 C. F. O'Hara Edward Schmidt
1917-1935 C. F. O'Hara Wm. Muirhead
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 4x5 1 - 5400
1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 1867
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 100
1882 Date Back 50-100 1 - 400
1882 Date Back 3x50-100 1 - 26
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3500
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 3501 - 4587
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 534
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 148
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 493
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 57
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Mar 26, 1892
  • Chartered Apr 26, 1892
  • 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 (1892) $217,035
High Bal (1926) $1,901,268
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1892) $22,500
High Bal (1902) $100,000
Total Out (1934) $25,000
# Large Notes 44,986
# Small Notes 4,642
# Total Notes 49,628
$ Large Size $685,900
$ Small Size $55,870
$ Total Issued $741,770
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-30-1892 $217,035.06 $22,500.00
Oct-03-1893 $218,861.07 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1894 $263,150.42 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $341,511.46 $22,500.00
Oct-06-1896 $278,518.01 $22,500.00
Oct-05-1897 $327,831.29 $22,500.00
Sep-20-1898 $399,653.31 $61,560.00
Sep-07-1899 $432,669.07 $67,500.00
Sep-05-1900 $525,276.79 $75,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $614,963.70 $88,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $729,359.48 $100,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $792,312.35 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $805,555.65 $100,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $786,352.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $927,865.00 $100,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $845,199.00 $100,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $895,958.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $972,335.00 $98,800.00
Sep-01-1910 $1,061,096.00 $98,300.00
Sep-01-1911 $818,812.00 $98,500.00
Sep-04-1912 $749,739.00 $100,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $784,047.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $800,323.00 $100,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $756,673.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $783,713.00 $25,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $894,344.00 $25,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $950,807.00 $25,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $1,184,682.00 $25,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $1,371,248.00 $25,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $1,248,785.00 $24,700.00
Sep-15-1922 $1,269,739.00 $24,700.00
Sep-14-1923 $1,454,633.00 $24,700.00
Oct-10-1924 $1,470,267.00 $23,200.00
Sep-28-1925 $1,805,391.00 $22,900.00
Dec-31-1926 $1,901,268.00 $22,600.00
Oct-10-1927 $1,774,852.00 $23,350.00
Dec-31-1928 $1,808,559.00 $23,200.00
Dec-31-1929 $1,554,635.00 $25,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $1,436,978.00 $25,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $1,231,511.00 $25,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $1,030,965.00 $25,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $1,032,279.00 $25,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $1,266,577.00 $25,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $1,556,969.00 $0.00

 

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