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Laredo, TX - $50 1902 Plain Back Fr. 683 The

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Laredo, TX - $50 1902 Plain Back Fr. 683 The
<B>Laredo, TX</B></I> - $50 1902 Plain Back Fr. 683 <B>The Milmo NB</B></I> Ch. # (S)2486<BR> This note comes from a rather odd south Texas bank with an interesting history. It was chartered in 1880 and took its title from its principal owner, a Mexican citizen of English extraction named Patricio Milmo O'Dowd. He and his son, Patricio Milmo Vidaurri, owned and operated the bank through the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution, changing its name to the First National Bank in 1924. All of the known large examples bearing this title are high denomination specimens, and all we can recall handling, whether Second or Third Charters, are closely trimmed on all four sides, lending a New England appearance to notes which come from a community as far socially and culturally removed from New England as it is possible to be and still remain in the same country. <B>Very Fine-Extremely Fine,</B></I> with the President's printed signature somewhat off register and covering the plate date. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)