Archives International Auctions Sale 54 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera July 24, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 54 Archives International Auctions www.arcchivesinternational.com 98 July 24,2019 692 Young Hecla Mining and Smelting Co. Issued Stock. Maine, 1881, 100 Shares, Issued and Uncancelled Stock, #50, Pink on pink border and under- print, Vignette top left of men mining, VF-XF condition, Page, Spaulding & Co. Est. $70-140 692 Maine 693 Isle Royale Copper Co. ND (ca. 1910). Archival Proof Vignette Pair. Michigan. Proof Pair of similar intaglio b&w proof vignettes printed on india paper mounted on large manila cards, featuring 3 men working in a mine, above company title. One used for securities certificates in New Jersey, the other in Michigan. Both mounted on brown cardboard folder as used at Printer’s archive. Printer’s annotations. Est. $150-300 693 Michigan; New Jersey 694 Randolph-Macon Coal Co., 1905 $1000 Issued Bond. New York, 1905, $1000, 5% 1st Mortgage Gold Bond, Issued and uncancelled, Black with orange-red border and underprint, Miners and coal car on top, S/N 388, Coupons attached, XF condition, ABNC. Est. $75-150 694 Missouri 695 Columbia Gold Mining Co., 1895 Issued Stock Certificate Butte, Montana. 24,990 Shares Capital Stock Issued Certificate, Black print and gold print on black border with orange under tint, Low serial number -#7, Men working in mine at top, VF-XF condition. Certificate is signed by Louis P. Best as secretary and Leopald K. Schmidt as president. Louis P. Best was born in 1848 in present-day Osthofen, Germany, and was educated in Stuttgart and Berlin. He came to the United States in 1869 and worked as a chemist in New York City. He moved to Davenport in 1874 to work for the Davenport Glucose Manufacturing Company. He eventually bought stock in the company to the point that he became one of their chief stockholders and became involved in the management of the company. He also had other business interests in the city including Davenport Machinery & Foundry Company, of which he was president, the Bettendorf Axle Company, Hawkeye Electric Company, and Citizens National Bank. He later founded a glucose factory in Granite City, Illinois, and in 1908 built the Best Building in Rock Island, Illinois for a department store for which he served as one of the directors. In addition to his business interests, he was a member of the local school board. There is also a local legend that Best invented the process that is used to make Argo cornstarch. Leopold Schmidt owned the Centennial Brewery in Butte, Montana. After moving to Tumwater he started the Capital Brewing Company, which later became the Olympia Brewing Company and was eventually purchased by Pabst Brewing Company in 1999. Est. $80-140 695 Montana 696 Montana Coal & Iron Co., 1912 Specimen Bond Montana. $500 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Thirty Year Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on pale blue border and under tint, men in mine at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, FLBNC. Est. $85-140 696 697 Boston & Montana Gold Mining Co. Gloster Mine: Silver Creek Mining District, Lewis & Clarke County, Montana, 1886, 100 Shares., Miner and mines in oval frame, XF. Est. $85-170 697 Montana Territory 698 Andes Silver Mining Co., 1876 Issued stock certificate. Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada. 10 Shares, I/U stock certificate, Ornate title with logo at left, VF with small 2mm tear top left margin as well as small pin holes and 2 small holes from being attached to document. Signed by Geo. S. Dodge as president. Scarce. Est. $70-120 698 Nevada 699 Bassette Gold and Silver Mining Co., 1877 Stock Certificate Ormsby County, Nevada. 100 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black print on simple black border on small sized certificate, Ornate title at top/center, Low serial number- #71, VF-XF condition. Est. $90-140 699