Archives International Auctions Sale 69 August 4, 2021 U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins,

Archives International Auctions - Sale 69 146 August 4, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Wisconsin and Illinois 881 881 Chicago and Tomah Railroad Co. 1880 Specimen Bond Rarity WI & IL, 1880. $1000 Specimen 6% First Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black text with black border, Train passing on tracks with passengers waiting nearby at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Top title states “Principal and Interest Guaranteed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co.”, Fine to VF condition with reinforced splitting along fold lines, ABNC. Unlisted bond in Cox, Very Rare specimen. This was the only example found in the ABN archives in 2002. �� Est. $400-800 882 882 Chicago and Rock Island Rail Road Co., 1866 /C Bond Signed by C.W. Durant as President Illinois. 1866, $80, I/C, Interest Free Bond Convertible to Shares, Horizontal format, Black print with vignette of locomotive moving l-r top center, VF condition with pink ink cancellation, Thomas Clark Durant (February 6, 1820 – October 5, 1885) was an American physician, businessman, and financier. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific railroad at Promontory Summit in Utah Territory. He created the financial structure that led to the Crédit Mobilier scandal. During the Civil War, Durant made a fortune smuggling contraband cotton from the Confederate States with the help of General Grenville M. Dodge.[6] When the war ended in 1865, the Union Pacific put extra labor on. It completed nearly two thirds of the transcontinental route. Durant employed Dodge as the chief engineer along the Platte River route. The certificate is also signed by A. J. Hamilton, as trustee, who was also the Governor of Texas until 1866 but it deserves further research. L.H. Biglow & Co. ����������������� Est. $120-240 SCRIPOPHILY - REAL ESTATE & LAND COMPANIES Colorado 883 883 Bessemer DitchCo. 1889 Specimen Bond Colorado, 1889. $1000 Specimen 7% First Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and underprint, Scene of a river in distance at top center. Red specimen overprints, 0000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. The Bessemer Ditch Company was first incorporated in May of 1888 as a joint venture between several local businessmen and the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Illinois 884 884 Cairo City Property 1857 I/U Stock Certificate Cairo City, Illinois, 1857. 25 Shares worth $2500 Issued Stock Certificate, S/N 497, Black text with black border. Fine-VF condition. In 1846, 10,000 acres in Cairo were purchased by the trustees of the Cairo City Property Trust, a group of investors including writer John Neal who planned to make it the terminus of the projected Illinois Central Railroad, which finally arrived there in 1855. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350