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The bank interior.

"On January 14, 1890, Gibbs National Bank, now First National Bank of Huntsville (FNBH), opened its doors for business on the downtown square in Huntsville, Texas. Prior to 1890, the Gibbs Family provided banking services to the citizens of Huntsville through the family mercantile business that was opened in 1841. Located on the corner of what is known today as Eleventh Street and Sam Houston Avenue, customers rode their horses on streets made of dirt and tied them on posts outside of the mercantile doors. The Gibbs family soon realized the need many had to secure their valuables and the family allowed customers to safely stash their items in the family vault.

General Sam Houston traded regularly in the Gibbs store and thought so highly of Thomas Gibbs that he named him as an executor of his will. By 1890, the Gibbs family acquired a national bank charter and the Gibbs National Bank opened directly next door to the mercantile store. In 1923, the bank changed its name to First National bank of Huntsville, and the name remains unchanged to this day.

However, the bank has evolved and grown exponentially since the early days. Today, First National Bank of Huntsville is still located on Eleventh Street but now in a six-story building that was built in 1977. Prior to that, the bank was in its second home, also on Eleventh Street, now the home of the Huntsville Police Department ...." [fnbhuntsvilletx.com/about-us]

The Gibbs National Bank of Huntsville was chartered number 4208 in 1890, and on January 19, 1923, the bank evolved into the First National Bank of Huntsville. It had the same charter number and continued to print notes until 1935.

The first incarnation printed 1882 Brown Backs, 1882 Date Backs, 1902 Date Backs & Plain Backs.
The census records three 1882 Brown Backs, one 1902 Date Back, and two Plain Backs.
The second incarnation also printed 1902 Plain Backs, but also 1929 Types 1 and 2. Five 1902 Plain Backs, twelve Type 1's and two Type 2's are in the census.

The Philpott-Moody Collection possesses one 1882 Brown Back, one 1902 Date Back, and two 1902 Plain Backs (one from The Gibbs National Bank and one from the First National Bank).

This 1882 Brown Back sold at a Lyn Knight Currency Auction in March, 2014, for $2,070.

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This Plain Back sold at the 2017 FUN auction for $1,057.

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