Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga
Notes Issued
Chartered #7848 July 1905. Receivership January 3, 1934.
Total Value Issued $31,404,530. Out in 1935 $2,000,000.
Large out in 1935 $160,755
Don Kelly's "National Bank Notes" indicates 80 large size notes and 185 small
size notes have survived.
| Note Type |
# Notes | Denom | # Notes | Denom | Serial # |
| 1902 Red Seal |
4 | $5 | | | 1-10035 |
| 1902 Red Seal |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-8186 |
| 1902 Date Back |
4 | $5 | | | 1-71750 |
| 1902 Date Back |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-54400 |
| 1902 Plain Back |
4 | $5 | | | 71751-412892 |
| 1902 Plain Back |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 54401-259339 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $5 | | | 1-91940 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $10 | | | 1-50160 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $20 | | | 1-16010 |
| 1929 Small Size T-2 |
6 | $5 | | | 1-129880 |
| 1929 Small Size T-2 |
6 | $10 | | | 1-75584 |
| 1929 Small Size T-2 |
6 | $20 | | | 1-23775 |
Large Size Notes
Notes printed between March 3, 1917 and March 14, 1924 have a geographic
letter to make it easier to sort the notes by region and bank. Chattanooga
notes have the letter S for the Southern region. Notes printed prior to
September 1925 have a treasury number printed in the upper right and a
bank serial number in the lower left. Prior to 1908 and after 1915 the
national bank notes were secured by United States bonds. Between these
years other securities were also used to back the notes to allow expansion
of the money supply. Prior to the 1908 the security clause on the notes
read "Secured by United States bonds deposited with the Treasury". New
plates had to be issued for all banks to change the clause to "Secured
by bonds or other securities". When the law changed back in 1915 the old
plates with that indicated the notes were secured with other securities
continued to be used thought the change over to plain back notes to avoid
remaking the plates until there were worn out. As result, there are plain
back notes with each security clause. There are also Plain Back Notes
with and without the treasury number and the geographic letter from the
Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga.
| President |
Cashier |
Assistant Cashier |
Date of Officer List |
| T. R. Preston |
C. M. Preston |
C. L. Knoedler |
1905 |
| T. R. Preston |
J. B. F. Lowry |
S. A. Strauss
D. S. Henderson |
1916 & 1919 |
| T. R. Preston |
S. A. Strauss |
D. S. Henderson
W. E. Harrell
D. B. Harris |
12/29/1922 |
| T. R. Preston |
W. E. Harrell |
|
before June 1925 |
| T. R. Preston |
N. J. Loder |
|
after 1932 |
The $10 and $20 red seal notes are shown courtesy of the late Sam Bettis.
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 RS
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 RS
$5 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 DB
$5 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 DB back
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 DB (1 of 2 known)
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 DB back(1 of 2 known)
$5 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 PB
secured by bonds, geographic letter, treasury number
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 DB
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 PB
secured by bonds, geographic letter, treasury number
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 back PB
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1902 PB
secured by bonds, geographic letter, treasury number
Small Size Notes
$5 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-1
$5 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-1 back
$5 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-2
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-1
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-2
$10 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-2 back
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-1
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-1 back
$20 Hamilton NB Chattanooga Ch7848 1929 T-2
Serial Number 2
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