Archives International Auctions Sale 56 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Coins, Scripophily and Security Printing Ephemera November 21, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 56 78 November 21,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Texas 572 572 Texas and Pacific Coal Co., 1920-1930s Specimen Stock Certificate (would eventually become known as Sunoco) Thurber, Texas.... Odd Shares Capital Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Company title at center with men in mine to left and locomotive at bottom, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, FBNC. Very attractive, rare and historic certificate.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $75-150 Virginia 573 573 United States Gold & Silver Amalgamating Co., 1877 Issued Stock Certificate Virginia. 1 Share Capital Stock Issued Certificate, Black print on black border, Company title at top with Arial view of mining town below and men lowering buckets into mines at either side, Fine-VF condition, ABNC.�������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Scripophily - Miscellaneous New York 574 574 Jay Gould Portrait on American Telegraph Cable Co., ca.1880’s Proof StockTitle. NY. Proof stock certificate title, intaglio printed in black on india paper, Cross Hatch marks where blank. Plate # T-50668, Rare. ABNC. ����������������� Est. $80-160 575 575 South Mills Co., 1866 Stock Certificate, Notorious for Horace Greely being Scammed by a Southerner After the Civil War. New York, 10 Shares, I/U, Liberty portrait on left, slaves on wagon carrying cotton bales, S/N 34, Extremely rare and interesting certificate. Horace Greely invested in the company to form an area for freed slaves to own their own land and be able to make a living off the land. The company was supposed to purchase 4 square miles of land in the South. In the end, all that was purchased was a small tract of useless swamp. Historic scam stock certificate with an interesting story. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-450 South Carolina 576 576 South Carolina Issued Stock Certificate Pair, 1884-1899 South Carolina... Lot of 2 certificates, Includes 1) Pacolet Manufacturing Co., 1884, 5 Shares Issued and Cancelled Capital Stock Certificate, Black print on simple black border on small sized certificate, Company logo at center below company title, Pen cancelled across face of certificate, Fine-VF condition with pin punched holes along left side. Akerman Co. 2) Imperial Fertilizer Co., 1899, 11 Shares Issued Capital Stock Certificate, Black print on ornate black border, Company title at top with palm tree and other items below, VF-XF condition with stains on front from revenue stamps on reverse. Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Scripophily - Mormon Related Arizona & Utah 577 577 Arizona Co-Operative Mercantile Institution, Mormon related company, 1893 Stock Certificate Signed by Jesse Smith & Joseph Fish. Holbrook, Arizona. 5 Shares, Issued and Cancelled Stock Certificate. VF-XF condition, cut cancelled, S/N 683, Gast Stationery Co. Joseph Fish was ordained an Elder by F. T. Whitney on March 11, 1856, ordained a Seventy by W. C. McGregor on February 22, 1865, and ordained a High Priest and set apart as a member of the High Council by President Joseph F. Smith on March 14, 1869. During his time in Parowan, Fish worked as a farmer, as a lumberer, and as a merchant. He was also active in the Church and served in the Utah militia. During the winter of 1878-1879, Fish moved to Snowflake, Arizona with part of his family. He returned to Utah for the rest of his family the following fall. After working briefly for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Fish returned to the mercantile trade and established the cooperative store known as Charles Jarvis and Joseph Fish Co. at Holbrook, Arizona in 1881. In order to avoid being arrested for polygamy, Fish spent a year in Mexico in 1884. He was arrested for the same offence with several other men in 1905, but all were excused on the condition that they pay a fine of $100. In 1893, he moved to Layton, Arizona and was elected to the 18th Territorial Legislature as a Representative from Graham County. In 1896 he returned to Holbrook and began collecting materials and writing about the history of Arizona. He is the author of The Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions and The Life and Times of Joseph Fish, Mormon Pioneer. Fish died on December 10, 1926. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-250