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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http://www.glabarre.comThe Scripophily Guide by Howard Shakespeare. Reprinted with permission from International Bond & Share Society
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.
ldly signed at back. Extremely rare and a very important stock!
Collectible American Gutta Percha Co Stock
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an port of Amalfi, where maritime ventures were divided into shares which were bought and sold, usually by their captains and merchants.
Stunning collectible Republica Mexicana Bono Del Tesoro bond.
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.
the American Banknote Company, can command prices well above issued examples. They are usually in immaculate condition.
Country: Seychelles
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.
8. 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).
