Beautiful stocks and bonds

Good looking stock, just recently got into them myself. And since we're sharing let me show one of mine





I know the title but have yet to find any resources on this.

 

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Picked up some new railroad and trolley stocks, so I thought it was a good time to revive this thread. Anyone else collect stocks and bonds?

 

Made a nice pick-up today -- a 1921 stock from Wolverine Copper Mining Co. in my home state of Michigan. This was, no doubt, located in the copper mining region of the upper peninsula. The vignette shows the miners hard at work with modern pneumatic drills. I have other stocks that show miners with pick-axes and headlamps with candles.

 

I picked up a bearer certificate warrant a while back...



Still trying to find three to see if I can redeem the blasted thing.

 

Where can one acquire old stock certificates in good condition? This is one area id love to collect

 

Interesting! I've seen bearer bonds, but never something like this. There are companies that will do a trace on live certificates, but often the cost is more than the value they discover.

Squaredeal, there are all kinds of stocks and bonds available on Ebay, many for under $5. Do a search for "railroad stock" and see what comes up. There are also many dealers. I like Clinton Hollins, who has been around forever. He also has some of the best retail prices. http://www.clintonhollins.com/. But if you Google "scripophily" (that's the technical term for the hobby) you'll turn up others.

 

I have always been interested in stock and bonds, and I have been meaning to buy some certificates. Do you have some for sale? If so, please PM me. Thanks!

 

I know exactly which company acquired the shares, and they told me to go through the channels stated on the back of the certificate, which is why I view it as a crapshoot, even if I get the other warrants.

 

I just tried to PM you, but wasn't able to. The message said "vam78 has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages." If you can fix this, I'll try again.

 

GS - I admit I am a potential huge sucker for the wonderful engraving on stocks, what is the price of entry to collecting? I'd be going for design and elegance, not so much rarity or anything... I just love the look of those old stock notes, the engraving attracts me just like currency does.

 

I'm one who really appreciates good engraving and intricate detail on currency. I have been spending more on paper and less on coinage as time goes on. Coins are starting to look rather plain to me, especially the modern circulation and commemorative strikes. If I buy, it usually a proof item because of it's cameo and contrast. I have a few old stock certificates, and some vignettes made off the old Spider Presses, I thought looked nice. I do most of my buying at shows because I can see and inspect the items in hand. Unfortunately you just don't see much in stock and bond certificates there.

 

MEC, just to give you an example of superbly engraved stocks that are inexpensive, below are a few ebay links (I have no connection to these dealers, btw). There are *many* eye-catching stocks and bonds that can be picked up for under $10 and sometimes under $5. We both share the same philosophy -- the engraver's art is more important than high market value. To that end, I like unissued certificates as much as issued ones. They are often much cheaper, in better condition, and easier to find, because there was usually a stockpile of leftovers when a company went belly up. Veteran collectors usually prefer issued certs. That's fine -- but I'm able to pick up more varieties on a budget.

There used to be a terrific show in Strasburg, PA that was devoted primarily to stocks and bonds, but I think that one went under. I believe there's one in Virginia near DC that's supposed to be good. I've found that the Memphis Int'l Paper Money Show usually has a pretty fair turnout of stock/bond dealers. I live in the Northwest which is pretty dry for this kind of material, so I mostly order things online.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNITED-STAT...673?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6f4b3889

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-10-Different-Railroad-Stock-Certificates-Pennsylvania-Erie-N-Y-Central-/251277357925?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a814c3365

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Illinois-Power-Light-Corporation-Stock-Certificate-/251080773533?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a75948f9d

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMERICAN-TELEPHONE-TELEGRAPH-COMPANY-1956-STOCK-/140981135524?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d32168a4

There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of tempting certificates out there under $20. Pace yourself. ;-)

 

There's a nice Stock with warrant attached on eBay right now. It's a common and defunct company, but having the warrant seems (to me) to be rare:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111081583148

I'm thinking of buying it myself, but I figured that VAM could use a nice starter.

 

Excellent thread :thumb:

It's a shame that I found out just now ... but there is still time to remedy

First of all...Italy, of course





Than, the Brazil Railway





And last (but not least) USA




petronius :smile

 

USA, again







It's all for the moment...see you tomorrow

petronius :smile

 

I have both of the last two you posted and I particularly like the vignette on Homestead Mining. It's called "Progress" and was engraved in 1872 by James Smillie for American Bank Note.

 

Here's another example of an unissued stock that's very affordable. And an interesting product -- I'm guessing they produced rubber for early automobile tires.

 

Well you suckered me in on this and I put the opening bid on it. I never heard of the warrant attachment, so one would be nice to have for my collection.. (kidding of course on the sucker comment.) I have a lot of first day covers from historic locations which also have some impressive or high quality artwork on the envelopes; not to mention the stamps. Somewhere underneath all these items, is a common thread that links them together. Not just the name Exonumia. Probably the engraving aspect.

 

Nice stocks and bonds. Here is a bit of advice to the new collectors. Its ok to jump right in, but take it easy and start small. Stocks and bonds are just like paper money, there are millions of them out there. Take a look around first and decide on what you want to focus on.

And most important of all, don't buy anything on ebay for the next day or two. I'm looking for a few things. :devil:

 

A railway Company in French-Indochine (now Vietnam)





A railway Company in Italy, from Rome to Viterbo





A mining Company, from Michigan.

The Calumet & Hecla Mining Company was formed for the exploitation of the most important copper mine in US, in Calumet, Michigan. Established in 1865, the Company between 1867 and 1884 gave half of copper produced in US, between 1889 and 1900, well paid dividends of $ 57 million, a bargain for shareholders.
In 1902 the mine had 5,000 workers from all over the world: Italians, Poles, Swedes, Irish. For them, the Company built house, schools, libraries, a hospital.

The Calumet & Hecla stopped in 1968.




petronius :smile