Mercantile National Bank, Evansville, IN (Charter 8492)

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Mercantile National Bank, Evansville, IN (Chartered 1907 - Liquidated 1910)

Town History

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Evansville is located in Vanderburgh County.

Evansville had 13 National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all 13 of those banks issued National Bank Notes. Evansville also had five Obsolete Banks that issued Obsolete Bank Notes during the Obsolete Bank Note Era (1782-1866).

Bank History

• Organized Oct 17, 1906
• Chartered Jan 2, 1907
• Liquidated Jul 30, 1910
• Absorbed by Mercantile Trust and Savings Company

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Mercantile National Bank of Evansville, IN

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $452,250 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1907 and 1910. This consisted of a total of 54,084 notes (54,084 large size and No small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1902 Red Seal	4x5	1 - 5000
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 4000
1902 Date Back	4x5	1 - 2460
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 2061

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1907 - 1910):

Presidents:

• James Victor Rush, 1907-1908
• Louis Abraham Daus, 1909-1910

Cashiers:

• Joel Bailey, 1907-1908
• George M. Snyder, 1909-1910

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• Mercantile National Bank, Evansville, IN History (NB Lookup)
• Indiana Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Evansville, IN, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana
• Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
• Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
• Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project