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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 1970109, member: 21309&quot;]July 2013,&nbsp; I bought a beautiful bond certificate for $195.00 from Scripophily.com.</p><p>The certificate, Campagne Des Installations Maritimes De Bruges, is dated 1904.</p><p>(<a href="http://scripophily.net/comdesinmard.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scripophily.net/comdesinmard.html" rel="nofollow">http://scripophily.net/comdesinmard.html</a>)</p><p>When the certificate arrived I opened the mailing folder and examined the certificate then replaced it in the mail folder.&nbsp; I remember thinking that it&#039;s in amazing shape for its age and why is it folded in half.&nbsp; (the bond coupons folded behind the certificate)</p><p><br /></p><p>This morning I removed it from the mail folder and after examining it I&#039;m thinking it can&#039;t be 110 years old.&nbsp; I&#039;ve handled enough ephemera over the years to know what </p><p>old paper feels like. Another thing the bond coupons are folded behind the bond certificate and the fold is sharp and intact which I find unusual for ephemera that&#039;s 110 years old.&nbsp; If the coupons were not folded behind I could see them still being attached.</p><p><br /></p><p>I called scripophily and spoke with two different people.&nbsp; They told me they bought the certificates from a source in Belgium.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I can prove it&#039;s a repro they&#039;ll give me my money back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any idea how I can get it authenticated? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t want to go the expense of archival framing. (It really is a beautiful certificate)</p><p>if it&#039;s bogus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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