First National Bank of Chattanooga
Notes Issued
Chartered #1606 October 1865. Receivership January 3, 1934.
Total Value Issued $22,845,680. Out in at close $1,570,320.
Large out at close $51,105
Don Kelly's "National Bank Notes" indicates 72 large size notes and
126 small size notes have survived.
| Note Type |
# Notes | Denom | # Notes | Denom | Serial # |
| Original Series |
3 | $1 | 1 | $2 | 1-5900 |
| Original Series |
4 | $5 | | | 1-6175 |
| Original Series |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-3950 |
| Original Series |
3 | $50 | 1 | $100 | 1-300 |
| Series of 1875 |
4 | $5 | | | 1-1500 |
| Series of 1875 |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-4400 |
| 1882 Brown Back |
4 | $5 | | | 1-2860 |
| 1882 Brown Back |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-9939 |
| 1902 Red Seal |
4 | $5 | | | 1-12000 |
| 1902 Red Seal |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-11500 |
| 1902 Date Back |
4 | $5 | | | 1-52000 |
| 1902 Date Back |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 1-43000 |
| 1902 Plain Back |
4 | $5 | | | 52001-252162 |
| 1902 Plain Back |
3 | $10 | 1 | $20 | 43001-174436 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $5 | | | 1-76519 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $10 | | | 1-38837 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $20 | | | 1-11620 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $50 | | | 1-2002 |
| 1929 Small Size T-1 |
6 | $100 | | | 1-674 |
Large Size Notes
This is the only known second charter note known to have survived on the any Chattanooga
National Bank.
$10 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1882 BB
Compliments of Charles Dean
$10 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1882 BB, back
Compliments of Charles Dean
Series of 1902 Varities
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
contented to be used thorough 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
First National Bank of Chattanooga.
$5 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB
other securities, geographic letter, treasury number
Plate Approved 6/29/1914 or re-entered 6/23/1918
$5 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB back
$5 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB back
secured by bonds, geographic letter, treasury numberr
Plate Approved 10/30/1919 or re-entered 2/17/1922
$10 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 DB
other securities, geographic letter, treasury number
Plate Approved 6/27/1914
$10 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 DB back
$10 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB
secured by bonds, no geographic letter, no treasury number
Plate Approved 12/11/1923 or re-entered 6/1/1926
$20 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB
other securities, geographic letter, treasury number
Plate re-entered-1 10/18/1918 or re-entered-2 3/13/1922
$20 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB
secured by bonds, no geographic letter, no treasury number
Plate Approved 12/11/1923 or re-entered 6/1/1926
$20 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1902 PB back
Small Size Notes
$5 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1
$10 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1
$20 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1
Courtesy of Dan Card
$50 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1
$50 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1 back
$100 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1
$100 1st NB Chattanooga Ch1606 1929 T-1 back
Proof Sheets
Copies of the First National Bank proof sheet
from "National Numismatic Collection" at the Smithsonian are illustrated.
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