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Archives International Auctions - Sale 39
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March 14,2017
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comFinland
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48 Industrial Mortgage Bank of Finland 1924 Specimen Bond.New
York. $1000 Specimen 7% First Mortgage Collateral Sinking Fund Gold
Bond. Black print with green border and under print. Vignette of an
older allegorical figure reclined at top center and reading script. Red
SPECIMEN overprints and POC’s, Coupons attached, Fine condition
with splitting and tearing along fold lines, ABNC. Scarce.�����������Est.
$100-150
Louisiana
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49 New Orleans Cotton Exchange Specimen Bond.Louisiana, 1920,
$500, 6% 2nd Mortgage Gold Bond, Specimen Bond, Coupons attached,
Black on orange border and underprint, Vignette of a cotton plant top
center, Red SPECIMEN overprints and POC’s with blue s/n “00000”,
VF-XF condition, ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$450-700
Massachusetts
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50 Haverhill National Bank, ca.1900 Specimen Stock Certificate.Haverhill, MA. Odd Shares, Specimen, black on white paper, U.S. capital
building at center, allegorical woman at right, POC’s, VF-XF. ABNC.
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$100-150
New Jersey
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51 Quaker City Life Insurance Co., ca.1920 Specimen StockNew
Jersey. Odd Shares Specimen Capitol Stock Certificate. Black ink with
brown border and under print. Vignette of Quaker man at top center of
certificate. Pink stamp not to be removed from file at top right corner of
certificate. POC’s. VF. SBNC.”������������������������������������������������������Est.
$145-220
New York
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52 Bear Stearns Co. Inc., 1985 Unique Specimen Mockup Stock Certificate.New York (Inc. in Delaware). Odd Shares Common Stock
Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint,
Allegorical woman wrapped in telegraph wire between two hemispheres
of globe at top, Pin punched cancelled, Signatures of COB & Secretary
pasted on the certificate on the lower right. VF-XF condition, S-C
USBNC. In 1985, Bear Stearns became a publicly traded company. The
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was a New York-based global investment
bank, securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of
the global financial crisis and recession, and was subsequently sold to
JPMorgan Chase. Its main business areas before its failure were capital
markets, investment banking, wealth management and global clearing
services, and it was heavily involved in the subprime mortgage crisis.
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$300-400