Ozona is an unincorporated community that is the county seat of Crockett County, about 90 miles west of Junction on I-10.

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The historical plaque.

Chartered number 7748, the Ozona National Bank of Ozona opened in May, 1905, and printed currency to the end of the National Bank period. The National Bank Note Census lists twenty notes: five 1902 Date Backs, three 1902 Plain Backs, ten 1929 Type 1's, and two Type 2's. One Date Back is in the Philpott-Moody Collections.

This 1929 Type 1 sold in Januaary, 2009, at a Heritage auction for $862.

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This note is currently (2021) at auction at the Long Beach exhibition.

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"Ozona, TX - $50 1902 Date Back Fr. 667 The Ozona National Bank Ch. # (S)7748 PMG Very Fine 30 Net.
High denomination examples only were issued by this rare bank, the only National Bank chartered in desolate Crockett County. This is a new addition to the eight large size in the census and, while it has suffered paper damage, it's also only the second example to be publicly offered since 2003."