1929 $5 Culver City, tougher bank.

Ted 1

Rough, but a tougher bank to find.

14 notes known on the bank. This one is a new pickup. Culver City, the city where my wife & I shared our first weekend together in 2007. I like to think a film star used this for lunch, circa 1930.

This one sold north of $700 on Heritage in 2012, had my eye on it at the time, and it finally reappeared. I have only seen one on eBay in the past ten years, a $10.

Appearances aren't too common. Culver City only issued notes in 1930, and they elected not to issue large size notes despite being chartered in 1920.

Steve_in_Tampa

Cool note and backstory.
The upper edge trauma looks like it was torn, not cut, from the sheet.

Ted 1

@Steve_in_Tampa said:
Cool note and backstory.
The upper edge trauma looks like it was torn, not cut, from the sheet.

You are correct, I never actually considered why the amount of wear in the top margin is the way it is!