Archives International Auctions Live and Online Fall Sale 6 - November 1, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Online Fall Sale #6 64 November 1,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 451 451 Government of the French Republic 1921 Gold Loan Reissued in 1935. France. June 1, 1921 (Reissued July 16, 1935). $500. Specimen bond, 20 Year, External Gold Loan 7 1/2% Bond with overprint “Ownership Certificate filed Showing Foreign Ownership...”. Evidently this bond was reissued with new terms right before WWII. Olive brown border and undertint, allegorical woman staring at globe with Arms of France on bottom. Coupons attached. XF condition. Rare French Government bond variety with only 2 or 3 known. ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Germany 452 452 Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, 2002 Specimen A.D.R. Stock Certificate - Bank of NewYork Depositary. Germany and U.S., Odd American Depositary Shares, Specimen, Black on green border and underprint, Portraits of Bayer andWeskott on lower left, Bayer logo undertint, and logo top right, Pin-punch Specimen overprints, Uncirculated. This was the only example found in the archives. Bayer AG is a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer’s areas of business include human and veterinary pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products; agricultural chemicals and biotechnology products; and high- value polymers. Founded in Barmen in 1863 as a dyestuffs factory, Bayer’s first and best- known product was aspirin. In 1898 Bayer trademarked the name heroin for the drug diacetylmorphine and marketed it as a cough suppressant and non-addictive substitute for morphine until 1910. Bayer also introduced phenobarbital; prontosil, the first widely used antibiotic and the subject of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Medicine; the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin); and Yaz (drospirenone) birth control pills. In 1925 Bayer was one of six chemical companies that merged to form IG Farben, the world’s largest chemical and pharmaceutical company. The Allied Control Council seized IG Farben after World War II, because of its role in the Nazi war effort and involvement in the Holocaust, which included using slave labour from concentration camps. It was split into its six constituent companies in 1951, then split again into three: BASF, Bayer and Hoechst. ����������� Est. $200-350 453 453 Deutsche Rentenbank-Kreditanstalt Landwirtschaftliche Zentralbank, Uncancelled $1000 2nd Series, 6% Gold Loan of 1927. Germany, 1927, German Central Bank for Agriculture, $1000 Farm Loan, Issued and Uncancelled, Black on brown border with Allegorical woman, Coupons attached, VF, ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-250 454 454 Siemens & Halske Corp. Specimen Bond. Germany, 1930, $400, Temporary Debenture, Participating Debenture, Series A - Due January 15, 2930 (I guess they had long term plans). Orange border and underprint, Specimen overprint, “0000” serial numbers and POC’s. Printed in English. Siemens was founded by Werner von Siemens on 12 October, 1847. Based on the telegraph, his invention used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using Morse code. The company; then called Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske opened its first workshop on October 12. In 1848, the company built the first long-distance telegraph line in Europe; 500 km from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main. In the 1850s, the company was involved in building long distance telegraph networks in Russia. In 1855 a company subsidiary opened in St Petersburg, Russia. In 1867, Siemens completed the monumental Indo- European (Calcutta to London) telegraph line. Preceding World War II Siemens was involved in funding the rise of the Nazi Party and the secret rearmament of Germany. During the Second World War, Siemens supported the Hitler regime, contributed to the war effort and participated in the “Nazification” of the economy. In the 1950s and from their new base in Bavaria, S&H started to manufacture computers, semiconductor devices, washing machines, and pacemakers. Siemens AG was incorporated in 1966. The company’s first digital telephone exchange was produced in 1980. Historic company that has played a major part in Germany’s history over the last 150 Years. Extremely rare bond and one of 6 found in the archive and one of 2 being offered in the auction.�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300