Archives International Auctions Sale 64 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Scripophily; U.S. & World Coins; Medals January 27, 2021

Archives International Auctions - Sale 64 69 January 27,2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 379 379 International Harvester Co. 1912 Specimen Bond New Jersey, 1912. $10,000 Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with blue border, Allegorical woman at top with wheat. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. VF condition, ABNC. The International Harvester Company (often abbreviated by IHC or IH, or shortened to International) was an American manufacturer of agricultural equipment, automobiles, commercial trucks, lawn and garden products, household equipment, and more. It was formed from the 1902 merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and Deering Harvester Company, and remained as a corporation until 1985. Its brands included McCormick, Deering, and later, McCormick-Deering, as well as International. Along with the Farmall and Cub Cadet tractors, International was also known for the Scout and Travelall vehicle nameplates. Following years of financial and economic decline, International began selling its separate equipment divisions, starting with the sale of the construction division to Dresser Industries in 1982. In November 1984 IHfinalized a deal with Tenneco to sell the farmequipment division to its subsidiary, Case Corporation and the brand continues as Case IH. International became solely a truck and engine manufacturer and reorganized as Navistar International in 1986. �� Est. $50-90 380 380 United States Steel Corp. 1903 Registered Specimen Bond Quintet (5) New Jersey, 1903. Lot of 5 Specimen bonds, all are registered Sinking Fund Gold Bonds with the same scene of US Steel factory at bottom. Includes $500 in brown; $1,000 in orange; $10,000 in pink; $5,000 in purple; $50,000 in blue. All have red specimen overprints, “00000” serial numbers, POC’s, and all are in VF condition and printed by ABNC. J. P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel on March 2, 1901 (incorporated on February 25) by financing the merger of Andrew Carnegie’s Carnegie Steel Company with Elbert H. Gary’s Federal Steel Company and William Henry “Judge” Moore’s National Steel Company for $492 million ($15.12 billion today). At one time, U.S. Steel was the largest steel producer and largest corporation in the world. It was capitalized at $1.4 billion ($43 billion today), making it the world’s first billion-dollar corporation. The company established its headquarters in the Empire Building at 71 Broadway in New York City; it remained a major tenant in the building for 75 years. Charles M. Schwab, the Carnegie Steel executive who originally suggested the merger to Morgan, ultimately emerged as the new corporation’s first President. (5) �� Est. $400-600 381 381 United States Steel Corp. 1903 Specimen Bond Pair New Jersey, 1903. Lot includes 2 bonds, Includes: $5000 Specimen 5% Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond in Green; and $1000 Specimen 5% Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond in Brown. Both are in VF condition, printed by ABNC. United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations in the United States and Central Europe. (2) �� Est. $200-350 Pennsylvania 382 382 Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co. 1896 Specimen Bond Pennsylvania, 1896. $500 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with ornate olive border and undertint, Allegorical figures flank top left and right. Red specimen overprints, 0000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. The Lackawanna Steel Company was an American steel manufacturing company that existed as an independent company from 1840 to 1922, and as a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel company from 1922 to 1983. Founded by the Scranton family, it was once the second- largest steel company in the world (and the largest company outside the U.S. Steel trust). �� Est. $90-140