Burkburnett

The First National Bank of Burkburnett

Burkburnett is in Wichita County, about 15 miles northwest of Wichita Falls on TX 240.


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Mr. Joseph A Kemp, President.

The bank interior.

Later years.

The First National Bank of Burkburnett was chartered as 8706 in 1907 and lasted until 1933.
It failed that year and was rechartered as 13668, First National Bank in Burkburnett.


It continued in that way until the end of the Natioanal Bank period.
There were never two National Banks in Burkburnett at the same time.

The census shows 34 notes for The First National Bank of Burkburnett, fifteen Plain Backs and nineteen 1929 Type 1's.
The First National Bank in Burkburnett did not issue currency.

This Plain Back sold at a Heritage Auction in April 2015 for $493.

The First National Bank in Burkburnett has fourteen notes in its census, all 1929 Type 2's. Twelve are said to be Uncirculated. Of the two, one is a $5 Fine grade, the other, a Very Good $5 note. Six of the notes are $5 notes numbered A000001 through A000006 The second six share the same numbers, but are $10 notes.

A Type 2 $10 note, A000001, reportedly sold in August 1997 at a Lyn Knight auction for $3,850. This is not that note. It is the Fine $5 note from that bank.

The Philpott-Moody has no example from these banks.

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