USING NATIONAL BANK CHARTER INFORMATION

The Currency Club of Chester County (CCCC) has many members who collect national bank notes, so our club was quite interested in Andrew Pollock’s recent release to the Newman Numismatic Portal (NNP) of his compilation of the yearly listings of bank presidents, cashiers, bank assets and national bank note circulation during the note issuing period.

At the CCCC’s monthly meeting on September 20th, I gave a short tutorial on how to access this impressive database from the NNP and then several of us spent time checking it out.

One of our members, who has collected New Jersey Nationals for many decades, requested to look at Charter # 11658, The Beach Haven National Bank of Beach Haven. It had a bank officer change in 1935, right at the end of the note issuing period.

Another request was to view Charter # 100, which had 2 bank name changes and many bank officer changes during the small-size era of national bank notes from 1929-1935.

Overall, we spent the most time looking at entries from 1929-1935.

Those of us who viewed the database really appreciate Mr. Pollock’s dedication in compiling such a comprehensive, but easy-to-use database and think it will be a popular resource for national bank note collectors. For members who were not able to attend the CCCC meeting, information about the database and how to access it will be included in the club’s September Newsletter.

If you would like to learn more about the Currency Club of Chester County, please visit our website at http://currencyclubofchestercounty.com. Even if you don’t live close enough to attend the meetings, all members receive the club’s educational monthly e-newsletter.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NNP ADDS NATIONAL BANK CHARTER INFORMATION (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n34a07.html)
POLLOCK POWERFULLY PROVES PERSISTENCE PAYS (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n37a10.html)

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