Archives International Auctions Sale 37 2 Sessions - 6th December and 13th December Click Lot Title to Bid

Archives International Auctions - Sale 37

December 6 & 13,2016

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Tennessee

275

TN. Specimen bond.

1888. $1000. Brown border and undertint. Locomotive “America” L-R

on bottom and ornate title on top. Red specimen overprints and POC’s.

Coupons attached. XF condition. ABNC. Scarce Tennessee railroad

bond. ��Est.

$120-200

Texas

276

Texas. $1000 Issued and Uncanceled 6% Thirty Year 1st Consolidated

Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond. Black on brown border and underprint.

Large format company title and Vignette of an Electric trolley moving

down city road at top center. VF-XF condition with coupons attached.

ABNC. ��Est.

$200-280

277

Texas. 1000 Shares Capitol Stock Issued

and Uncanceled Certificate. Black print with simple black border. Images

of Native Americans looking out over a locomotive moving through the

plains of the country. Blue revenue stamp at right side of certificate.

Fine-VF condition. Issued to and Signed by Thomas A Scott who was an

American business man and railroad executive. He was the 4th President

of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was the largest publicly traded

company in the world. He was also appointed, by President Lincoln, as

the Assistant Secretary of War during the Civil War and helped play a

major role by using the railroads to help the North win. Scott purchased

these shares 9 years before his death is 1881. ��Est.

$180-300

278

Texas. $1,000 Issued and Uncancelled 6% 1st Mortgage Gold Bond.

Black ink with light pea green border and underprint. Ornate vignette

of locomotive pulling into station at top of certificate. All coupons

attached. Purple “Property of Mercantile Trust Co.” stamped on face.

VF, Rare and unlisted in Cox. ��Est.

$160-250