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National Bank Notes > Illinois

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Braidwood, First NB, M11895
Fr. 633 $10 1902ND
Grade: VF    

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A rare location with only four large notes recorded and a decade since the last offering. Lovely pen signatures of James A. Smith, President and E.E. Hasemyer, Cashier. Braidwood began as a boom town after the discovery of large coal deposits in 1864. The post office was established in 1867, with the town s incorporation to follow quickly, in 1873. Braidwood is named for James Braidwood, an early resident and superintendent of the town s first mine shafts.

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