6439 The First National Bank of TOMBSTONE

1902.0925 - Chartered: Capital of $25,000
1921.0825 - Placed in receivership : Capital of $25,000
                     Reason : Incompetent Management
1921.1110 - Restored to solvency
1926.0521 - Placed in voluntary liquidation : Capital of $25,000
                      Absorbed by the Cochise County State Bank, Tombstone

Although notes from this storied-location are highly prized (and highly priced) The bank was in fact chartered twenty years after the glory days of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. In fact, Tombstone was on the decline, and would eventually lose its status as county seat not long after this bank liquidated.

Territorial Issues
Series 1902, Red Seal
10-10-10-20 #1 - 476 ($23,800)

                                                         Proof Sheet               (M)

10's = 1428
20's = 476
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Total = 1904

Series 1902, Date Back
10-10-10-20 #1 - 460 ($23,000)




10's = 1380
20's = 460
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Total = 1840

Total Territorial (Large Only) = 3744 ($46,800)

Statehood Issues
Series 1902, Date Back
10-10-10-20 #1 - 260 ($13,000)

10's = 780
20's = 260
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Total = 1040

Series 1902, Plain Back
10-10-10-20 #261 - 2139 ($93,950)





10's = 5637
20's = 1879
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Total = 7516
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Total Territorial Large = 3744 ($46,800)
Total Statehood Large = 8566 ($106,950)
Total Small = 0
Grand Total = 12310 ($153,750)
Amount Outstanding in 1926 ($20,000)
Scarcity:
 +/- a dozen, 1 or 2 territorials (Heritage 2018)