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Old Stock Collecting Themes - Part II
Most people collect antique stock certificates by type, or theme, to give a common thread to their collection and to add passion to the search for specific certificates (though most of us also "cheat" and collect others just because we like them).
Collecting themes also provides a logical way to organize or display your favorite stock certificates.
The "Part I" article before this one discussed themes of Industry, Geography, Vignette (artwork), Family Relationship (name) and Time Period. Here are some other popular themes:
1.Events, or some portion of one - Examples: Civil War, Confederate Institutions, Volunteer Bounty Bonds, Veterans Organizations
2.Firsts, or among the firsts - Examples: Experimental Aircraft (Custer Channel Wing), Steam Locomotives (Tom Thumb), seminal autos (Willys-Overland Jeep), first electrically wired cities (Cincinnati Edison), current companies over a century old (Wells Fargo)
3.Famous Names, issued to or signed by - Examples: Disney, Remington, Rockefeller, Pabst, Houdini, Rothschild, Chaplin, Buick, Morgan, Ames, Lorillard...
4.Extreme Numbers on the certificate - Examples: Bonds for $1,000,000 or more, stock certificates for more than 10,000 shares or less than 10 shares, company capital of less than $1 million, low registration number (three digits or less)
5.Unissued (the printed date usually has a blank in it, such as 187_) - These are certificates that were never authorized, filled out and given to a share owner. They have usually come from storage and archives of the companies, banks and printers that were involved with the issuance process.
Some people prefer unissued documents because they often are in better condition than "used" certificates. Other collectors prefer issued ones because the names, writing and wear show they were held in people's hands and used in commerce a century or more ago.
There are literally millions of permutations possible by crossing themes. For example, if your family can be traced to Philadelphia, you might collect issued, canceled (the word is usually spelled with one L, but not always), green certificates that have one or two digit registration numbers with portrait vignettes from the 1800's.
Or, maybe not. If your family name is Miller, you could just buy Grandpa a "Millerstown Iron Company" stock certificate, have it framed and give it to him for Christmas. Guaranteed, he won't get duplicates of that gift.
So you can decide on a theme(s), or just browse and absorb and maybe a theme will develop as you learn more about what's available and what strikes that special cord in you.
If nothing else, you will find fascinating insights into the people and things that made this country.
About the Author
Larry Crain is a collector, author and dealer of Scripophily (the collecting of antique stock certificates). Visit Antique Stock Certificates Scripophily for images, values, other articles and research tools for old stock certificates. Old company and industry information can be found at Real Stock Histories.
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Santiago, Chile. Old Stock Exchange $39.99 Richard Nowitz Santiago, Chile. Old Stock Exchange - Photographic Print |
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The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock $27 1901. Thomas Nelson Page, author of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry, is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South. The book begins: He was one of my first acquaintances when I came up to town to live; for I met him almost immediately after I gave up my country identity and melted into the sea of the city, though I did not learn his name for some time afterwards, and therefore knew him, as I found many others did, simply as, the Old Gentleman of the Black Stock. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Author: Page, Thomas Nelson/ Christy, Howard Chandler Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 196 Publication Date: 2005/03/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 inches |
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Puck Magazine: Demolishing the Old Lady's Stock $59.99 Bernhard Gillam Puck Magazine: Demolishing the Old Lady's Stock - Wall Decal |
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Merchants Old Stock Exchange, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $49.99 Merchants Old Stock Exchange, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Giclee Print |
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Getting Rid of Old Stock' by Alfred Leete $39.99 Getting Rid of Old Stock' by Alfred Leete - Giclee Print |
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Old Deseret Live Stock Company $32 In the high country of the northern Wasatch Mountains, lies what is left of one of the West’s largest ranches. Deseret Live Stock Company was reputed at various times to be the largest private landholder in Utah and the single biggest producer of wool in the world. The ranch began as a sheep operation, but as it found success, it also ran cattle. Incorporated in the 1890s by a number of northern Utah ranchers who pooled their resources, the company was at the height of successful operations in the mid-twentieth century when a young Dean Frischknecht, bearing a recent degree in animal science, landed the job of sheep foreman. In his memoir he recounts in detail how Deseret managed huge herds of livestock, vast lands, and rich wildlife and recalls through lively anecdotes how stockmen and their families lived and worked in the Wasatch Mountains and Skull Valley’s desert wintering grounds. |
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Old Stock Exchange Arch and Downtown Skyscrapers, Chicago, Illinois, USA $19.99 Jenny Pate Old Stock Exchange Arch and Downtown Skyscrapers, Chicago, Illinois, USA - Photographic Print |
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Old Live Stock Gate on the Bear Creek Trail, Colorado $34.99 Bill Hatcher Old Live Stock Gate on the Bear Creek Trail, Colorado - Photographic Print |
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The Stock Exchange Building in the Altstadt (Old Town), Hamburg, Germany $19.99 Yadid Levy The Stock Exchange Building in the Altstadt (Old Town), Hamburg, Germany - Photographic Print |
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Late Evening at the Old Stock Exchange Building on Red Square, Moscow, Russia $24.99 Jonathan Smith Late Evening at the Old Stock Exchange Building on Red Square, Moscow, Russia - Photographic Print |
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Knockout 532H Old Fart Stock Hitch Covers $22.28 You know you re old bald and pudgy. Let everyone know that you Don t care. Protect your hitch with this highquality plastic hitch cover that displays Old Fart in silver letters on a black background. Features:. Comical message OLD FART in silver letters on a black background. Highquality automotivegrade ABS plastic base made from recycled material. Weatherresistant polyurethane gel coating won t fade yellow crack or peel. Hitch clip included hitch lock sold separately. Made in the USA. Specifications:. Fits 2 x 2 trailer hitch receivers. Oval face measures 5 Wide x 31/2 Tall. Collection: General (Humor) Designs. Dimensions: 3.5 L x 3.5 H x 5 W. |
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Knockout 576H Old Geezer Stock Hitch Covers $22.28 Old Geezer...Hitch Cover Made of ABS Plastic with a Polyurethane Gel Emblem. Image will not fade crack peel or yellow. The Hitch comes with a Removable Spring Loaded Clip for Locking convenience. Fits Standard 2 receiver. Collection: General (Humor) Designs. Dimensions: 3.5 L x 3.5 H x 5 W. |
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Molson Extra Old Stock Beer Hats Cowboy - FREE SHIPPING $29.95 Molson Extra Old Stock Cowboy Beer Hat. Beer Hats are officially licensed hats made from brand new beer cases. They are machine stitched, water resistant, and have an elastic band on the inside for comfort and easy sizing. This item ships within the |
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Old Stock Exchange Building and Statue of Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, Moscow, Russia $24.99 Jonathan Smith Old Stock Exchange Building and Statue of Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, Moscow, Russia - Photographic Print |
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Becoming Old Stock - the Paradox of German - American Identity $51.19 No Synopsis Available |
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Stock Movements and Speculation $28.56 The man who operated a complicated machine does so best when he knows its construction. The present book aims to give the student a scientific knowledge of the factors that alternately enhance and depress stock prices. It also aims to give to those temperamentally capable of consistently successful speculative activities such help as may assist them efficiently to help themselves. Contents: stocks and stock prices; why the market moves; swings of the market; banks and the stock market; corporate control; floating supply; market control; right side of the market; speculative tactics; psychology of speculation; old market and the new. Author: Bond, Frederic Drew Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 212 Publication Date: 2006/10/01 Language: English Dimensions: 11.00 x 8.25 x 0.45 inches |
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2 Inch Suspension System (Stock/Light-Medium Load) by Old Man Emu $721.94 2007-11 JK Wrangler;2-door models;Stock to medium load capable;Old Man Emu shocks included;Max Tire Size:35x12.50 |
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Stock Xchange [Edited] [PA] $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Intro, 2. Stock Xchange, 3. Gunz Come Out, 4. Bubble Back, 5. Step It Up, 6. Night and Day, 7. Catpiss, 8. Don't Want War, 9. How We Rock, 10. Tha Slums, 11. Confess, 12. Old School Chevys, 13. Unsolved Mysteries, 14. Akron 2 Oakland, 15. Thug Religion, 16. Damage Is Done, 17. Innocent, 18. Ignorant, 19. Rainy Days |
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AR15 STOCK WRENCH TOOL $9.99 AR-15 Stock Wrench Tool: -Removes old extension tube and installs a new style without damaging the rifles finish -Made of high-strength carbon steel designed for years of use. l Length: 5.5 inch Width: 1.25 inch Material: Carbon Steel Color/Finish: Black/Matte Applicable Firearms: AR-15 Warranty: Manufacturer 60 Days Limited |
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Lock, Stock and Barrel - $6.99 This TV movie is set in the old Northwest. Belinda J. Montgomery wants to marry young Tim Matheson, but her father (Claude Akins) is against it. Matheson takes matters in his own hands by "kidnapping" Belinda and heading for Oregon. With Montgomery's daddy and her goonish brothers in hot pursuit, the elopers encounter several thrilling adventures in the woods and wilds. The marriage nearly ends before it begins when Montgomery and Matheson take to quarreling, but they're husband and wife by fadeout time. The pilot film for an unsold series, Lock, Stock and Barrel was remade in 1973 as Hitched (another TV pilot) with Sally Field in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi |
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Dynamics of Global Stock Market $138.61 With the financial crisis of 200708, the old issue of financegrowth nexus is resurrected. The crisis has revealed once again how a structurally flawed global financial system under the New Financial Architecture might prove to be dangerous for the rest of the economy. At this crucial juncture, thus, inquiries about the functioning of the global financial markets are likely to be invoked. This book while exploring this issue concentrates on the global stock market. Specifically, it is a study into the global market dynamics, their intrinsic natures, common trends and their dynamic interlinkages during the stock market crisis of 2007 2008 and the recent recovery period that has started from March 2009. It inquires whether and how the dynamics and interlinkages of a market change as it moves closer to a peak, falls from it and recovers. Finally it seeks to explore how the intrinsic nature of the stock market could be described? Is it really an order disguised as disorder? Author: Chakrabarti, Gagari Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 196 Publication Date: 2010/08/16 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.44 inches |
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Stock $39.98 Steven N. Meyers Stock - Framed Art Print |