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Collecting U.S. National Bank Notes: Charter Numbers, Rarity, and What’s Hot in 2026 A Complete Guide to America’s “Hometown Notes” — Three Charter Periods, 14,348 Banks, and the Trophy-Tier Rarities Driving the Modern Market Of all the categories in U.S. paper money collecting, none combines history, geography, and rarity as completely as National Bank Notes. From 1863 to 1935, these were America’s “hometown notes” — currency printed by the …