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Collection of four original engraved American stock and bond certificates representing some of the nation’s most significant industrial and transportation corporations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are a 1962 American Tobacco Company stock certificate issued for 20 shares; a New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company $50 Convertible Debenture Certificate; a Pennsylvania Railroad Company stock certificate for three shares dated 1931; and a New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company $10,000 Registered Fifteen-Year Secured Six Percent Gold Bond. Each certificate features elaborate steel-engraved vignettes, intricate ornamental borders, and period financial cancellation punches and transfer markings typical of issued securities.

Fine condition, with expected folds and cancellation punch holes.

This attractive group chronicles the growth of American industry during the nation’s great age of corporate expansion. The American Tobacco Company emerged in the late nineteenth century as one of the country’s largest industrial enterprises, helping shape the modern tobacco industry through aggressive consolidation and nationwide distribution. The Pennsylvania Railroad, often called the “Standard Railroad of the World,” became the largest corporation in America during the nineteenth century and played a central role in connecting the nation’s manufacturing centers. Likewise, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad dominated rail transportation throughout southern New England, operating one of the country’s most extensive passenger and freight networks. 

Authentication:
Includes a full letter of authenticity from JG Autographs, Inc.

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Reference sku: 11285 1416819-1