Investment Securities (Details Textuals) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Investment Securities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock	$ 110,000,000		$ 96,000,000
Federal Reserve Bank Stock	71,000,000		71,000,000
FHLB stock	(28,399,000)	0
Sale of FHLB stock	$ 14,399,000	$ 25,381,000

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Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock represents an equity interest in a FHLB. It does not have a readily determinable fair value because its ownership is restricted and it lacks a market (liquidity).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 325

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6478792&loc=d3e63345-112809

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Federal Reserve Bank stock represents an equity interest in the Federal Reserve Bank. It does not have a readily determinable fair value because its ownership is restricted and it lacks a market (liquidity).

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Amount of cash outflow to acquire Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock.

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Amount of cash inflow from sale of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock.

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