First National Bank
of Ceylon, Minnesota
Small Size - 1929 - Type 1 - US$20

US National small size US$20 bank Notes issued in 1929 by the First National Bank of Ceylon, Minnesota with Charter Number 6029. Uses the front and Back plates of the Federal Reserve Notes with just the change of Bank Name. .
Denomination : $20
English : Twenty Dollars
State : Minnesota
City : Ceylon
Bank : First National
Charter : 6029
Seal Color : Brown
Size : 156x67 mm
Year of Issue : 1929
Bank Serials : 1 - 131
Plate Prefix : A-F
Printed Notes : 786
Known Notes : 2 (T&P)
Status : Signed 1

Fr. 1802-1 $20 1929 T1 FNB

Front: Printed in Black Large Numeric 20 on top and smaller on bottom corners both left and right, TWENTY DOLLARS centered on bottom border.
Centered on Top border NATIONAL CURRENCY Below in small text SECURED BY UNITED STATES BONDS DEPOSITED WITH THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Engravings of President Andrew Jackson in center oval identified below in scroll as JACKSON
SERIES OF 1929 to upper left and lower right.
US Treasury Signatures in upper:
left E. E. Jones Register of the Treasury (1929-01-22 to 1933-05-31)
and right Walter O. Woods of Kansas, Treasurer of the United States (1929-03-04 to 1933-05-31).
Labeled space at bottom for hand Signatures of Bank F. H. Koenecke (1914-32) Cashier on left and G. W. Gruber (1920-31) President on right.
On left in 6 lines THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CEYLON MINNESOTA WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND TEN DOLLARS . On right in 3 lines text REDEEMABLE IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES AT UNITED STATES TREASURY OR AT BANK OF ISSUE. over Hugh TWENTY on brown Seal of the US Treasury.
Plate position A on upper left and lower right.
Bank Serial Number on lower left and upper right. Large Charter Number 6029 on left and Right vertical. Back: Printed in Green THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA centered on top in scroll.
Large Numeric 20 in the four corners. TWENTY DOLLARS centered on bottom border.
Center engravings of an image of The Residence of the President of USA in Washington DC identified below in scroll as WHITE HOUSE

I thank George Cuhaj who was curator of the Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes for the 2023/24 summer seasons, for sending me the photographic image of the Ceylon MN 1929 Small size Type I $20 in their collection.

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