Archives International Auctions Auction 73 January 18, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 73 101 January 18, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 486 486 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Specimen Stock Certificate New York (Inc. in Delaware), 2000s. Odd Shares Specimen Stock certificate, Black text with multicolored border at right adjacent to a line of buildings. Specimen POCs, XF condition. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City. It offers services in investment management, securities, asset management, prime brokerage, and securities underwriting. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-500 487 487 Guardian Fire Insurance Company of the City of New York, 1865 issued Stock Certificate. New York, 50 Shares, I/C, Black without underprint, Eagle feeding young with mountains in background, S/N 24, Ink Cancelled, Adhesive 25ct U.S.I.R. stamps on face and back. VF, H. Anstice & Co., Printer. Scarce Insurance Company ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 488 488 International Monetary Fund. 1988. Specimen Bond New York, 5,000,000 Special Drawing Rights, Specimen 7 3/4% Coupon Bond. Blue and m/c underprint. Pin punched Specimen. VF-XF condition. ABNC. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. It claims to be “working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.” Formed in 1944, started on 27 December 1945, at the BrettonWoods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international monetary system. It now plays a central role in the management of balance of payments difficulties and international financial crises. ������������������������ Est. $250-450 489 489 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 1994 Specimen Stock Certificate New York (Inc. in Delaware), 1994. Odd Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Depiction of Montgomery, Alabama at top center in oval frame, Portraits of Mayer and Emanuel Lehman in the lower left and right corners. Specimen POCs, Uncirculated condition, SC-USBN. Lehman Brothers was a global financial services firm founded in 1847. Prior to 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States. On September 15, 2008, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the exodus of most of its clients, drastic losses in its stock, and devaluation of assets by credit rating agencies, largely sparked by a loss of confidence, 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 financial crisis of 2007–2008. Est. $600-1000 490 490 NY. Electric Bond & Share Co., 1960s <100 Shrs Specimen Stock Cert., VF-XF ABN NY. Electric Bond & Share Co., 1960s <100 Shrs Specimen Stock Cert., VF-XF ABN. The Electric Bond and Share Company (Ebasco) was a United States electric utility holding company organized by General Electric. It was forced to divest its holding companies and reorganize due to the passage of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Following the passage of the Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) selected the largest of the U.S. holding companies, Ebasco to be the test case of the law before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court case known as Securities and Exchange Commission v. Electric Bond and Share company was settled in favor of the SEC on March 28th 1938. It took twenty-five years of legal action by the SEC to break up Ebasco and the other major U.S. electric holding companies until they conformed with the 1935 act. It was allowed to retain control of its foreign electric power holding company known as the American & Foreign Power Company (A&FP). After its reorganization, it became an investment company, but soon turned into a major designer and engineer of both fossil fuel and nuclear power electric generation facilities. Its involvement in the 1983 financial collapse of the Washington Public Power Supply System’s five nuclear reactors led to Ebasco’s demise because of the suspension of nuclear power orders and lawsuits that included numerous asbestos claims. The U.S. nuclear industry stopped all construction of new facilities following the 1979 nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island, going into decline because of radiation safety concerns and major construction cost overruns. ������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260