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National Bank Notes > Illinois

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Ravenswood, NB, M10215
Fr. 602 $5 1902ND
Grade: VF    

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This is a very rare Cook County bank with only six large notes reported. There have only been three public offerings since 1995. In 2003 a Fine realized $3,450. Even circulation and excellent pen signatures. Ravenswood was planned in 1868 by a group of real estate speculators in Chicago as an upper-class commuter suburb. The founders struck a deal with the Chicago and North Western Railroad to run track there in exchange for a guarantee of passengers. Although it was a wealthy suburb, there were no sewers until 1889, as the neighboring community would not let them build sewers under their town.

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