Ashes and Currency: How the 1904 Baltimore Fire Destroyed National Bank Note Records and Rewrote Maryland Banking History
The Great Baltimore Fire of February 1904 consumed not just buildings but decades of irreplaceable national bank note records, creating some of the most tantalizing gaps in American numismatic documentation. Understanding what was lost, what survived, and how the disaster reshaped Maryland banking gives collectors a richer context for every Maryland national banknote they encounter.
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