#1 1929T1 Cortez, CO

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National Bank Notes > Colorado

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Cortez, Montezuma Valley NB, 9100
Fr. 1800-1 $5 1929T1 #F000001A
Grade: PCGS Ch. Abt. New 58    

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I sold this note as a Ch. CU in 2011 when it realized $3,680 and a year ago I sold and AU, not a #1, for $1,825. This note is 1 of 13 small notes reported from this Montezuma County bank with only 13 small notes reported. From the Rocky Mountain Collection. ---- Cortez is the seat of Montezuma County. That area of Colorado has been settled since about AD 600, and had a population estimated to be around 100,000 in the 1100s. By 1300 nearly all permanent settlements had been abandoned and the land was fought over by the Ute and Navajo tribes for the next 500 or so years. When Montezuma County was formed in 1889, the Colorado Legislature named it in honor of the Aztec Indians in Mexico since at the time, the ruins in Mesa Verde National Park were thought to be of Aztec origin. Following that little mistake, the town took its name for the 16th century Spanish conqueror of Mexico.

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