Encased 1910 Cent Advertising The 1-St Natl Bank Of Mckinney Texas

Very nice!

Great find!

When I was a little boy (about 5 or 6 years old in the 1950's) I remember walking by the old bank building on north Kentucky street in McKinney with my Mom. Imbedded in the concrete walkway in front of the old bank building were the letters B A N K in white tile lettering. That always stuck in my mind. That white lettering was still there up and until the early 1980's when some remodeling in downtown McKinney took place.

The FNB of McKinney failed sometime in the early 1930's and it's assets and liabilities (along with the "new" bank building on the east side of the square) were merged into the much stronger Collin County National Bank. Over the years the old bank building was a dress shop, book store and an antique shop.

The bank failure in the 30's occurred about the same time as one of the bank officers died. The official cause of his death was a heart attack but the rumor around town was he had hung himself because the bank was failing. I remember going by his house and my Mom and Dad would say they would never own that house "because that's where that banker killed himself". What the actual truth was I do not know.

I have owned two Nationals from the FNB over the years along with this pictured advertising token. Large notes are more "common" from this bank than small. As far as I know only one small note is known. (I have never seen it nor do I know who owns it.)

This bank has fascinated me for over 50 years.

Kelfiroth...

Thanks for posting that pic. That golden eagle on top of the building has been there since that building was built. When we were little kids our parents would tell us that the eagle was real gold and that they have a guard on top of the building to keep people from stealing it (this was in the 1950's).

When the Collin County Bank took over in the 1930's they moved from their location on the south side of the square into the pictured building. They placed a dark colored with white lettering temporary sign over the "First National Bank" sign above the entry. If I recall correctly, there is marble tile that spells out "First National Bank" in the entry way. When the Collin County Bank moved a couple of blocks north in the late 50's the building became home of the First Savings and Loan Association.

The last time I was inside the building it still had the vault in it. It is a beautiful building.

Nice find

Hi. My first post here. Tried to email westernsky but by the rules I can't so soon. I'm a serious collector of encased advertising pocket mirrors. This is indeed one of those. Advertising pocket mirrors were a common way of advertising banks and merchants between late XIX century to mid 1900s. But encased (with lucky pennies) are rare. Nice one!

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