After Working On The Smithsonian Transcriptions..

Thanks for the information.

Another bit of information to keep in mind involving proofs from the Series of 1902 is some are Secured by Bonds only and others are Secured by "with bonds and/or other securities".

On the 5-5-5-5 sheet this information is found in the space above Benjamin Harrison's portrait

On the 10-10-10-10 sheet this information is found northeast of McKinley's portrait under National Currency and above United States of America

On the 10-10-10-20 sheet, I find it easier to go to the 20 and look at the top border between the two charter numbers

On the 50-100 sheet or 50-50-50-100, I look at the 100's top border between the two charter numbers

I know when I first started transcribing, I missed the different wording and someone else had to reopen several of the proofs that I had incorrectly chosen "bonds only" instead of "with bonds and/or other securities".

-MV

Almost a week later, 2-24-2016 the Smithsonian has posted Ohio Box 7 and Ohio Box 8 for transcription.

Happy transcribing folks.

-MV

I got to work on a lot of them on this last round. I even approved some. I actually found a minor error which I corrected and I am hoping that makes up for any errors I may have committed.

It feels great to be part of this!

One neat town name from Ohio I came across was called Canal Dover. It was home to two national banks: the Exchange National Bank and the First National Bank. I saw the proof $50-$100 sheet for the FNB (page 64 of Box 9).



This set off my curiosity. Are there any of these notes known? I looked on my Kelly census CD first, it listed 1 1882 Brownback $50 and 1 Brownback $100. I decided I'd check to see if Heritage had sold one.

I went to the archive and typed in the Charter # and up popped the results. I scrolled through and found not only the $100 listed in the Kelly census but a second $100 that wasn't.



http://currency.ha.com/itm/national...ption-071515 The note sold for over $4,000 in June 2010.

The second $100 note sold in August 2010 for a little over $4,300.

To me, this makes the project fascinating. -MV

Leap year update 2-29-2016

Ohio Boxes 11 and 12 are up and ready for volunteers to transcribe and review.

-MV

Just checked in -- all done for now.

I am kind of surprised how many banks used the exact same note with only the bank details being different. I suppose there had to be some kind of standardization.