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***Auction Highlight*** 1929 $10 National Currency Presented TO Mary Roebling 'The 1st National Bank

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:375.00 - 750.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1929 $10 National Currency Presented TO Mary Roebling 'The 1st National Bank
***Auction Highlight*** 1929 $10 National Currency Presented TO Mary Roebling 'The 1st National Bank & Trust CO Of Roebling, NJ' Grades vf+. Up For Auction is a $10 National Currency On A Plack Presented TO Mary Roebling on august 23, 1981 'The 1st National Bank & Trust CO Of Roebling, NJ' Mary Gindhart Herbert Roebling was The first woman to serve as president of a major US bank. Mary Roebling was the first woman to run a major U.S. bank. She made history in 1937 when she became president of Trenton Trust Company, now part of Wells Fargo.The woman who would one day be known as one of the most powerful women of the century wasn’t even allowed to attend college during the day. Instead, Mary Gindhart Herbert Roebling, a merchandising and business administration student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School during the 1920s, studied at night. Having been married at 17 and widowed by 19, she was determined to learn the skills necessary to make her way independently in the world.Roebling had worked at a Philadelphia investment firm. In 1933, she married Siegfried Roebling, whose business interests included two of the leading companies in Trenton, New Jersey: John A Roebling & Sons wire rope plant and Trenton Trust Company (today part of Wells Fargo). When Siegfried Roebling died suddenly, he left her with a large holding of Trenton Trust Company stock. Roebling’s father and father-in-law encouraged her to take a shot at running the bank. Despite her limited business experience, the two men assured her that she had plenty of the most important qualification for a banker: common sense.Roebling became the first woman to serve as president of a major commercial bank in America. Under her leadership, Trenton Trust’s assets rose from $17 million to $137 million over three decades. Along the way, Roebling became a role model for growing ranks of women bankers. A Corey's Pick