Old Money from The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro | 4006

The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro

The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro in Kentucky printed $6,098,390 dollars worth of national currency. Once a bank issues that much money there really isn’t much room for rare issues. However, there are certainly exceptions to every rule. This national bank opened in 1889 and stopped printing money in 1934, which equals a 46 year printing period. That is a fairly normal lifespan for a national bank. During its life, The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro issued 2 different types and denominations of national currency. We have examples of the types listed below. Your bank note should look similar. Just the bank name will be different. For the record, The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro was located in Daviess County. It was assigned charter number 4006.

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The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro in Kentucky printed 2,034 sheets of $10 1882 brown back national bank notes. That sheet output number is small. Don’t expect too many of these to be available to collectors. There were three $10 bills printed on a single sheet of 1882 brown backs. The design of the bill is similar to all earlier ten dollar national bank notes. The nickname comes from the fact that these bills have a brown seal and brown overprint. Despite saying series of 1882, these were actually printed by some banks up until 1908. The date you see in cursive relates to when the bank first started issuing brown back notes.
Series of 1882 $10 Brown Back

The Owensboro National Bank Of Owensboro printed 2,034 sheets of $20 1882 brown back national bank notes. As you can see, the sheet output is the same for $20 brown backs as it is for $10 brown backs. There was only one $20 brown back printed on a sheet. So the sheet output also equals the total note output. One neat thing about all brown backs is that they each have a different back design based on which state issued them. The back left hand side of the note shows the state seal of which ever state the national bank was located in. Generally speaking, 1882 $20 brown backs are pretty difficult to locate. They typically were printed in small numbers and they don’t have a great survival rate.
Series of 1882 $20 Brown Back

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