Matador

The First National Bank of Matador
&
The First State Bank of Matador

Matador is the county seat of Motley County, 80 miles west of Wichita Falls on TX 6.

First National Bank of Matador                                             First State Bank of Matador

They are the two largest buildings in town.
Compare the configuration in Shamrock.

The First National Bank was the second bank in Matador. It was chartered 11002 in 1917 and existed through 1935. It printed only 1929 notes, Types 1 & 2.
The census reports eight notes: 7 Type 1's and 1 Type 2,


This Type 2 sold January 4, 2001 for $3,450:

"First National Bank of Matador, TX, Charter #11002. 1929 $5 Type Two, Fr-1800-2, Choice CU. Rather amateurishly cut along the lower border, a rather surprising [?!] fact when one notices the serial number, A000001, plate position G. The one-bank town of Matador is located in Motley County, a less-than-populous area in the southern panhandle. While chartered in May, 1917, only small size notes were issued, and there is a known surviving population of just six [sic] notes." [Heritage Auctions]

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