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National Bank Notes > Illinois

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Des Plaines, First NB, M10319
Fr. 629 $10 1902ND
Grade: VF +    

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A scarce and popular Cook County bank with 14 large notes reported, and there haven't been any around for five years. This note has excellent pen signatures. Des Plaines began as a land purchase by the Illinois and Wisconsin Land Company in the early 1850s, which was seated along a proposed railway line. The first major building was a steam-powered mill to produce railroad ties in 1852 and it continued to be heavily influenced by railroad interests throughout its inception.

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