Archives International Auctions Sale 63 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera December 9th & 10th 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 63 127 December 9-10,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 780 780 Continental Insurance Co. 1920-30’s Specimen Stock Certificate New York, ND (1930’s). 100 Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Man with musket and drum at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs, Last Specimen stamp at top right corner. VF condition, ABNC. The Continental Insurance Company began as a fire insurance company, issuing its first policy in 1853, and is still in business today. ��������������������� Est. $70-110 781 781 Equitable Life Assurance Society Bond Pair, 1880-90’s Specimen & Remainder Bond. NY. Lot includes 2 pieces: $Odd U/U 5% Registered Gold Debenture Bond, S/N #128, Black text with green border and underprint; Specimen, $1000 Specimen 5% Gold Bond, Black text with green border and gold underprint. Both are in VF condition and printed by ABNC. (2) ��������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 782 782 Ilion Bank Stock Certificate Trio, ca.1855 to1861 Ilion, Herkimer County, New York. Lot of 3 I/C Capital stock certificates, black text with black border, Allegorical man and woman flank a lake scene in circular frame at top, old fashioned train at bottom. Fine to VF condition. Ilion Bank was located in Herkimer County, New York State. RWH&E. (3) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-110 Historic company that helped pave the way for the market crash of 2007-2008. 783 783 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 2005 I/U Stock Certificate. New York (Inc. in Delaware). 5 Shares Common Stock, I/U, Black print on green border and under tint, Image of founding of company at top middle in Montgomery, Alabama with portraits of founders Mayer & Emanuel Lehman at bottom corners, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities), research, investment management, private equity, and private banking. Lehman was operational for 158 years from its founding in 1850 until 2008. On September 15, 2008, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the massive exodus of most of its clients, drastic losses in its stock, and devaluation of assets by credit rating agencies, largely sparked by Lehman’s involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis, and its exposure to less liquid assets. Lehman’s bankruptcy filing is the largest in US history, and is thought to have played a major role in the unfolding of the late-2000s global financial crisis. The market collapse also gave support to the “Too Big To Fail” doctrine. Rare and historic stock certificate.��������������������������������������������� Est. $350-700 784 784 Manufacturers and Merchants Bank of the City of NewYork 1877 I/U Stock Certificate New York, 1877. 39 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Green text with green border. Dividend stamps throughout. VF condition. ������������ Est. $35-50 785 785 Mutual Life InsuranceCo. of NewYork, ca.1932-33 Specimen Bond with Gold Clause overprinted on 1900 Specimen Bond. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 1920s $1,000 Specimen 5% Gold Bond, ABN. ���������� Est. $130-260