Beautiful stocks and bonds

This is a print obtained from a scan of a stock certificate. The pictures that are printed on some stock are simply beautiful, so I make little dust collectors out of them.

 

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Neat idea! I did a little sleuthing to see if I could figure out which stock your picture came from. Is this it?

 

Pretty close. Mine is dated 1961 so maybe Fidelity dropped out of the race by then. Or maybe it is completely different bank.

 

Here are some more of my stock certificates that have neat engravings.








That's enough for now. I am sure someone is getting sick of my images.

 

No way those are great! New to my eyes, thanks for sharing. I've got one stock but me thinks I'll be on the lookout for more.

 

Not at all! I like seeing other members posts. I have both the Crompton and the Gray certificates because I like those cool vignettes, too.

I found another currency match with my American Sugar Refining Co. stock -- this time with a nice Cuban note I picked up recently.

 

I like the Pine Apple stock because it shows so many types of transportation at one time. You have sailing ships, coal powered ship, railroad, and horse drawn carts, all working at the same period of time. Sort of a transportation transition snapshot.

 

Here's an interesting historical stock considering today's oil industry:
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Some history links for your reading pleasure:
1. https://scripophily.net/ropetocoscun.html
2. https://aoghs.org/technology/hydraulic-fracturing/

 

Nice Cuban and stock to go with. I like that pairing.

 

That first article on Roberts Petroleum Torpedos is an excellent read! It changed the entire game for early oil drilling. Yet, this company was completely unknown to me, and I'd guess to most everyone outside the industry. Thanks for a very educational post!

 

That Crompton and Knowles loom machinery reminded me of another stock with a loom vignette. This one was made by Draper Corp. and doesn't look quite as complex.

 

Don't have the Draper stock nor a check. I "think" I saw an ad for stationery or perhaps a billhead but didn't purchase them. Want to see a complex loom?

From Wikipedia:
The Saco-Lowell Shops (later Saco-Lowell Corporation) was once one of the largest textile machine manufacturers in the United States. It was formed in 1912 with a merger between the Lowell Machine Shop with the Saco-Pettee Machine Company. At its peak in the 1920s, the company had manufacturing facilities in Lowell and Newton, Massachusetts, and Biddeford, Maine. The company maintained their executive office at 77 Franklin Street in Boston, and also had a southern office in Charlotte, North Carolina.

During the mid-20th century, Saco-Lowell was one of the "big three" cotton textile machinery builders in New England, along with the Whitin Machine Works and the Draper Corporation. While cotton machinery was the company's mainstay, Saco-Lowell also made machinery for the woolen and silk industries.

 

This is not a particularly rare stock in any sense of the word; but the printing company has an interesting history.
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History links:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Lee
2. http://nickynice.com/2015/01/24/homer-lee-bank-note-company/

 

Not sure it's a caduceus.

 

Good point. Caduceus has 2 snakes while the staff of Asclepius has a single snake:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius

 

I'm almost certain I've seen that dog on the reverse on a South American banknote. Peru?? I can't remember.

 

Here's what was posted previously about the caduceus...

 

Question: Where do you all find most of these? Are you buying on ebay or some other places? Are you getting them in bulk or ones and twos here and there? Also what are some indicators to fake or reproduction pieces vs the real deal?

 

eBay is the main source, but there are some dealers who also have their own websites. There is also a major show coming up in January in the DC area: http://www.rsschell.com/

I buy mostly single stocks and bonds as I find ones that interest me.

There are very few fakes -- there's just too little demand and the prices are too low to make counterfeiting practical.

 

Thank you for the reply.