Velasco
Velasco National Bank of Velasco
Velasco is in Brazoria
County at the mouth of the Brazos River, across the river north
from Freeport .
The river is what you see in the
background. The First National Bank is at the lower left.
"Buildings in new town Velasco, Texas in the late 1800s
including (lower right) S. T. Coldwater Boot Shoe Store, (center)
Velasco Bank; (center right) Snyder building; (center) McRae
Hardware; Masonic Hall behind McRae Hardware; (left) Methodist
Church." [Brazoria County Historical Museum]
The bank was chartered in 1891
and ceased printing money in 1904.
There is in the census, only one note, a number 1, $10 1882 Brown
Back.
(Heritage Auctions)
In 2005, Lyn Knight auctioned it
for $66,125.
and
in 2010, Heritage sold the same note for $37,750
A closer view of the bank.
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