2012 December Americana & Numismatic Auction

This lot of 3 notes represents a nice selection of Large size California bank notes and includes: 1) $10 1902 PB Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank of S

This is a possibly discovery piece, as there are no denominations of the PB 1902 listed in the census. This is thus an apparent first appearance of th

No small notes and only 5 large known in the census, with all denominations in similar grades to this note. -61991

No large size notes from this bank. Only 7 of these are known from the census, but not this one. There are some creases. -61822

A very scarce note from Colton bank, which issued large notes only. Fine to very fine with a very minor split at the top. There are no signatures, and

Only 7 of these note are known in the census, but not this note, which apparently ties with the finest known. -61834

Fr.1801-1. According to the census there are only 11 of these notes known from this one-bank Los Angeles County town. -61910

The census lists 13 large size notes from this institution, most of which are low grade. This solid very good example has bold, pleasing signatures.

The National Exchange Bank was chartered in January 1907. According to the census there are only 9 of these notes known. -61911

The white marble building that housed Napa's First National Bank is now in the registry of historical buildings and houses a restaurant. Accordi...