Saturday, October 30, 2010

Gral. Ramon Leocadio Bonachea


In memory of Eduardo Machado Gomez.
Gral. Ramon Leocadio Bonachea
Country: Cuba, Year: 1949
Set of 3 different denominations.




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Thursday, October 28, 2010

More Stock and Bond History

The earliest incorporated joint stock company known is Stora Kopparberg Berslag,m a Swedish copper mine, which received its charter in 1347, although a record of a trade in its shares exists from 1288.

The first English joint stock company was chartered in 1555 to trade with Russia and beyond. About 1600, great trading companies were founded in England, Holland and France.

The oldest known scripophily pieces are from around 1600, but most of the earliest collectible bonds and shares, mainly from England, France, Holland, and Italy date from the late 17th century.

A lot of collectible material exists from the 18th century, almost all of it from these four countries, plus Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and the USA.

(Photo: This 18th century Spanish share was issued in Barcelona)

The period 1800-1940 is the source of the great majority of the pieces we can collect. Post-1940 pieces are generally of less interest, but the occasional modern share is sought by collectors.

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The Scripophily Guide by Howard Shakespeare. Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

A Sampling of Collectible Stocks and Bonds


American Copper Company, States: Arizona and New York. Year: 1904 Condition: Excellent






Rome-Civita Castellana-Viterbe, Rome, Italy, 1906, Stock.





Hawaiian Bell Telephone Company, State: Hawaii, Year: 188-
Honolulu, Hawaii, Unissued Stock. Hawaiian Gazette Print. Condition: Excellent

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Collectible Autograph A.G. Jerome - Cleveland & Toledo Railroad

Addison G. Jerome, Securities Broker. By 1863, he had amassed a fortune in the stock market and had established his own banking house which enjoyed great success due to his enviable and very well-deserved reputation on Wall Street. Later in life his luck changed and he died virtually penniless.

This 1862 dated stock printed by Snyder, Black, and Stern-NY issued to Jerome and boldly signed at back. Extremely rare and a very important stock!

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Friday, October 22, 2010

More History...

State bonds were traded in Venice from the mid-13th century, and a little later in other Italian city states. Banks were formed in Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries with their capital in shares.

German mining shares were bought and sold at trade fairs in the 15th century, and city bonds in France about the same time.

In 1555, a huge French royal loan was floated, yielding 16% and crating a frenzied market for a while. The first permanent stock exchange was set up in Antwerp at that time also.

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The Scripophily Guide by Howard Shakespeare. Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

North American Gutta Percha Co Stock

Collectible American Gutta Percha Co Stock
State: New York
Years: 1855

Guttapercha was the thermoplastic used in daguerreotype cases.
Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York. Only 1 available! Very Rare!

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Obsolete Stonington Bank Certificate

Obsolete Stonington Bank Certificate
State of Connecticut sheet of $1, $1, $2, & $3. A True Classic!
Condition: Excellent
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

History of Collecting Old Stocks and Bonds

Ownership in shares of businesses is believed to go back to at least 2000 BC. In Rome in the second century BC there was active trading in the shares of business companies which were legal entities, some of them huge enterprises owning thousands of slaves. These companies faded away during Rome's Imperial period and their like did not reappear until after the Dark Ages.

The modern history of shares dates from the late 10th century AD, in the Italian port of Amalfi, where maritime ventures were divided into shares which were bought and sold, usually by their captains and merchants.

This became the normal way to fund voyages throughout Europe. The Pilgrim Fathers' Mayflower and Sir Francis Drake's global voyages were funded in this way. These ventures were not companies with a legal status independent of their owners, however, but a form of unincorporated partnership.

Pictured: Italian Mining Stock. Coupons at bottom. Only 1 available! Great! Country: Italy
Year: 1849

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The Scripophily Guide by Howard Shakespeare. Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Collectible China-Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway


Collectible China-Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway
Years: 1920-21
FB5056. China-Belgian Issue, 1921, Green-Red, 500 Belgian Francs (equivalent of £20), 8% Bond. Uncancelled. Sheet of many coupons. $45

FB5056a. Same but 1920, Red, 8% Bond. Uncancelled. Sheet of many coupons.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Republica Mexicana Bono Del Tesoro Bond

Stunning collectible Republica Mexicana Bono Del Tesoro bond.

Year: 1913
£20, 6% Bond. Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. Many coupons remain. Some staining at top. PRICE ON REQUEST
Condition: Excellent

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Scripophily Is New

While some people began collecting old bonds and shares as early as the 1930s, scripophily itself is relatively new. In 1961, Confederate and Southern States bonds were catalogued for Civil War enthusiasts, and in 1975-76 researchers in Germany showed that fascinating unredeemed Imperial Russian and Chinese bonds could be collected.

Compared with coins (a hobby for more than 400 years) and paper money and stamps (popular for more than a century and a half) bond and share collecting is very new indeed.

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The Scripophily Guide by Howard Shakespeare. Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society

Friday, October 8, 2010

Should I Collect Issued or Unissued Certificates

Many collectors feel that unissued and partly issued material is less 'valid' than issued certificates, and the prices are generally lower. Nevertheless, unissueds are sometimes the only examples available of a certificate, or a rare form of a common issued piece (in particular, Chinese bonds). Specimens and proofs, especially of famous printers such as the American Banknote Company, can command prices well above issued examples. They are usually in immaculate condition.

Number issued: Bonds of a small issue, or the shares of a small company, will usually be rarer than those where hundreds of thousands were issued. The face of a bond often states how many were issued. Share certificates as well as bonds bear a serial number. However, keep in mind this is a rough guideline.

Image: The Musselshell Sheep Company.

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Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Collectible Foreign Currency

Country: Seychelles
Years: 1989 & 1998

10, 25, 50, & 100 Rupees, P-32, 33, 34, & 35. Plus another 10, 25, 50, & 100 Rupees, P-36, 37, 38, & 39.




Total collection of 8 different notes.
Condition: C.U.

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Collectible Bonds Public Debt of the Late Republic of Texas

Public Debt of the Late Republic of Texas


Condition: Excellent

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Collectible Jay Gould Autograph

Jay Gould (1836-1892) Financier. As a youth, was involved in surveying and showed precocious skill in money-making. He began speculating in railroads post 1860. His operations became spectacular when in 1867 with James Fisk he became a director of the Erie Railroad, of which Daniel Drew was treasurer and controlling agent.

In the ensuing struggle for control with Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gould supplied the strategic imagination. Defying a court injunction, Gould, Fisk and Drew broke Vanderbilt's attempted corner by flinging 50,000 Erie shares on the market in March 1868. Gould, by lavish bribes, then effected passage of a bill by the New York legislature legalizing the recent issue of Erie stock and forbidding union of the Erie and the New York Central. This all led to the 1869 attempt to corner the gold market, bringing on the disastrous panic of Black Friday (September 24).

By 1890 he owned half of the railroad mileage in the Southwest. He was practically full owner of the New York City elevated railways, and controlled the Western Union Telegraph Co.

This 1880s stock is neatly hole and stamp cancelled, Signature at front as President. Very Fine Condition. A nice portrait of Gould is included. Nicer than normally found. Popular!

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