Archives International Auctions Sale 62 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 29, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 62 122 October 29,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Wisconsin and Minnesota 830 830 Wisconsin Central Railroad Co., 1954, Specimen Bond Quartet. Wisconsin and Minnesota, Group of 4 bonds, Includes $50, blue; $100, olive green; $500, brown and $1000, range, all are 1954, 1st Mortgage 4% Series A Specimen Bonds, all with Allegorical winged woman top center, POC’s and red SPECIMEN overprints, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Only the $50 denomination is listed in Cox, the $100, $500 and $1000 are unlisted in Cox. Scarce and attractive bonds. ����������������������������������������� Est. $230-350 SCRIPOPHILY - REAL ESTATE New York 831 831 Forty Wall Street Corp. (Right Across from the Stock Exchange), 1929 Specimen Bond. New York, 1929, $1000, 1st Mortgage Fee and Leasehold 6% Sinking Fund Gold Specimen Bond, Vertical format, Coupons attached, POC’s, VF condition, ABNC. Building is adjacent to the Museum of Finance and across from the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Virginia 832 832 Consolidated Beneficial and Building Association, 1891 I/U Stock Certificate Virginia, 1891, I/U, #596, 5 Shares, Vignette of the capitol building construction with gold seal on bottom left, Fine condition, Bell Lithography Co. Est. $70-140 SCRIPOPHILY - SCANDALS & SCAMS Delaware 833 833 Enron Corp. 1988 Specimen Bond with Ken Lay Facsimile signature. Delaware, 1988. $Odd Specimen 9 5/8% Registered Senior Note Bond, Black text with brown border and undertint. Red specimen overprints, specimen POCs. XF condition, SC-USBN. Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1985 as a merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional companies. At the end of 2001, it was revealed that Enron’s reported financial condition was sustained by an institutionalized, systemic and creatively planned accounting fraud, known since as the Enron scandal. Enron has since become a well-known example of willful corporate fraud and corruption. The scandal also brought into question the accounting practices and activities of many corporations in the United States and was a factor in the enactment of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002. The scandal also affected the greater business world by causing the dissolution of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm, which had been Enron’s main auditor for years. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 SCRIPOPHILY - STATE & CITY Alaska 834 834 North Slope Borough, 1985 to 1989 Specimen Registered Bond Assortment. AK. Lot of 6 different specimen bonds, All are $-Odd, Registered Bonds of various colors and dates. Security-Columbian BNC. Specimens. Uncirculated. 6 pieces. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400