Merchants Bank
New Bern, North Carolina

Chartered 1833
Capital $250,000

Stock Certificate (Type I)

Stock Certificate on the Merchants Bank, Newbern Type I

Pennell # Unlisted
Haxby # Unlisted Wismer # Unlisted
Engraver: Unknown / No Printers Imprint Issued: 1857

Stock Certificate (Type II)

Stock Certificate on the Merchants Bank, Newbern Type II

Pennell # Unlisted
Haxby # Unlisted Wismer # Unlisted
Engraver: Unknown / No Printers Imprint Issued: 1860

Three-Dollar Note

P880 Merchants Bank, New Bern $3 Note Wanted

Pennell # P-0880
Haxby # NC-45 G2 Wismer # 135
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1853

Four-Dollar Note

P890 Merchants Bank, New Bern $4 Note Wanted

Pennell # P-0890
Haxby # NC-45 G4 Wismer # 137
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1853

Five-Dollar Notes

P900 Merchants Bank, New Bern $5 Note Wanted

Pennell # P-0900
Haxby # NC-45 G6 Wismer # 139
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1853

P903SP Merchants Bank, New Bern $5 Note Wanted

Pennell # P-0903SP
Haxby # NC-44 A10 Wismer # Unlisted
Engraver: Doty & Bergen, New York Issued: 1857

Notes on the Note: Haxby lists this note under NC-44 due to the bank title reading "The Merchants Bank" instead of the Merchants Bank" as on genuine notes from this bank.  Also, according to Haxby this note was altered from a $5 from The Merchants Bank, Mankato City, Minnesota (MN-75 G6).


P907SP Merchants Bank, New Bern $5

Pennell # P-0907SP
Haxby # NC-45A5 Wismer # 138
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1860

Notes on the Note: According to Haxby this note was altered from a $5 from the Merchants' Bank, Washington, D.C. (DC-275 G6).

Ten-Dollar Notes

P910 Merchants Bank, New Bern $10

Pennell # P-0910
Haxby # NC-45 G8 Wismer # 140
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1835-52

P915SP Merchants Bank, New Bern $10

Pennell # P-0915SP
Haxby # NC-45 N10 Wismer # Unlisted
Engraver: No Engravers Imprint Issued: Unknown

Twenty-Dollar Note

P920 Merchants Bank, New Bern $20 Note Wanted

Pennell # P-0920
Haxby # NC-45 G10 Wismer # 142
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1835

Fifty-Dollar Notes

P925 Merchants Bank, New Bern $50 Note Wanted

Pennell # Unlisted
Haxby # NC-45 G12 Wismer # Unlisted
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1835

P925SP Merchants Bank, New Bern $50

Pennell # P-0925SP
Haxby # NC-44 A20 Wismer # 143
Engraver: Boston Banknote Co. Issued: 1852

Notes on the Note: Haxby lists this note under NC-44 due to the bank title reading "The Merchants Bank" instead of the Merchants Bank" as on genuine notes from this bank.  This note is oversized!

One-Hundred-Dollar Note

P930 Merchants Bank, New Bern $100 Note Wanted

Pennell # P-0920
Haxby # NC-45 G14 Wismer # 144
Engraver: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York Issued: 1853?

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