Sterling City
The First National Bank of Sterling City
Sterling City is
the county seat of Sterling County, just over 68 miles east of
Midland on TX 158.
The First Natiomal Bank of Sterling
City was chartered in 1910 with number 9813 and printed currency
to the end of the National Bank period.
[Report of the Comptroller of the Currency 1910]
In 1918, the First National Bank
of Sterling City acquired the First State Bank of Sterling City.
[The Texas Bankers Record, July, 1918]
The census reports fourteen notes
from this bank: nine 1902 Plain Backs and five 1929 Type 1's.
One 1902 Plain Back is in the Philpott-Moody Collection.
This 1929 Type 1 sold in a January
2003 Heritage Auction for $4,887.
[Image Heritage Auctions]
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