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Bank Info for NB Charter 5074 (1897 - 1923)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Salinas, CA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1897-1903 Battista G. Tognazzi John Henry Menke
1904-1915 C. J. Whisman John Henry Menke
1916-1918 E. W. Palmtag John Henry Menke
1919-1919 E. W. Palmtag John Berges
1920-1922 F. B. Lauritzen John Berges
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 - 1050
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 1230
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 1822
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 1437
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1 - 1644
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized May 20, 1897
  • Chartered Jun 14, 1897
  • Liquidated Jun 20, 1923
  • Absorbed by Bank of Italy, San Francisco
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1897) $97,724
High Bal (1920) $2,314,730
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1897) $9,940
High Bal (1916) $25,000
Total Out (1922) $25,000
# Large Notes 28,732
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 28,732
$ Large Size $272,990
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $272,990
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-05-1897 $97,724.17 $9,940.00
Sep-20-1898 $154,608.17 $10,750.00
Sep-07-1899 $176,028.09 $10,710.00
Sep-05-1900 $212,695.61 $11,500.00
Sep-30-1901 $311,629.15 $11,500.00
Sep-15-1902 $400,631.22 $11,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $456,581.36 $11,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $573,402.85 $23,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $590,897.00 $23,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $715,494.00 $23,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $738,752.00 $23,500.00
Sep-23-1908 $757,166.00 $22,990.00
Sep-01-1909 $808,865.00 $23,480.00
Sep-01-1910 $864,233.00 $24,300.00
Sep-01-1911 $917,399.00 $22,950.00
Sep-04-1912 $916,317.00 $23,200.00
Aug-09-1913 $901,562.00 $21,500.00
Sep-12-1914 $864,562.00 $22,840.00
Sep-02-1915 $850,920.00 $23,600.00
Sep-12-1916 $1,103,314.00 $25,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $1,453,774.00 $24,100.00
Aug-31-1918 $1,777,333.00 $25,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $1,848,537.00 $25,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $2,314,730.00 $24,700.00
Sep-06-1921 $2,038,282.00 $23,600.00
Sep-15-1922 $2,173,674.00 $25,000.00

 

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