$20 1929 Union National Bank of Pittsburgh, PA Ch# 705 Ch AU+
This Series 1929 $20 National Bank Note from the Union National Bank of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Charter #705, features Andrew Jackson’s portrait, a brown Treasury seal and serial numbers, and the bank’s prominently displayed title. The green reverse depicts the White House. Offered in Choice About Uncirculated+ condition, this example boasts fully original surfaces, deep embossing, and excellent eye appeal.
Chartered in January 1865, during the closing months of the Civil War, the Union National Bank participated in the national banking system from its early years through the small-size currency era. Its notes preserve a connection to Pittsburgh’s commercial history and the period when local banks issued federally authorized currency bearing their own names. This well-preserved twenty offers an appealing combination of originality, historical interest, and local identity for a Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania National collection.