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National Bank Notes > Illinois

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Colchester, NB, M8485
Fr. 626 $10 1902ND
Grade: VF +    

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A sharp, evenly circulated note from this McDonough County bank with only 10 large notes reported. Officer signatures of Edgar R. McLean, President and J.M. Bailey, Cashier. Colchester is a city in McDonough County, named after the town of Colchester, England. Coal was discovered near Colchester in the 1850s. During the 1920s, Colchester was the home of Henry "Kelly" Wagle, a bootlegger associated with Al Capone.

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