2016-07-09 Sat

Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes seminar will be held on 28th July in Okoboji, Iowa. The first presentation is “National Bank Notes; McCulloch’s Early Insights”, which would be given by Wendell Wolka at 8 am. Hugh McCulloch was the first comptroller of currency who was depicted on $20 notes of the Third Charter Period and secretary of the Treasury from 1865 to 1869 and 1884 to 1885.

Lee Lofthus will speak on “National Banking Inside the Treasury” and Frank Potter will discuss about the family story behind the First National Bank of Harlan, Iowa. Later, Mark Hotz will speak on national bank note collection insights, and Peter Huntoon will discuss “Building Great Arizona and Wyoming National Collections.”

For more information contact museum curator Larry Adams at 712-332-5859, or email ladams@thhigginsmuseum.org.