1923, New York. Stock certificate for 1000 shares. Black. Vignette at top center of indian and man at wharf. Punch cancelled and very fine.

1923, New Jersey. Stock certificate for 10 shares. Brown/Black. Vignette of Eagle at top center. Litho. Punch cancelled and very fine.

1949, New York. Blue/Black. Stock certificate for 10 shares. Vignette of locomotive at top center. Punch and stamp cancelled. Very fine.

1861, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 50 shares. Black on thin white paper. Top center vignette of a steamship docking station. Right vignette of a male worker, left vignette of a female worker. Signed at lower left as witness by Henry Phipps, Jr. (1839-1930). Capitalist; Manufacturer; Philanthropist. Minor paper loss at lower right corner. Fine. Pen cancellations not affecting Phipps' signature.

1873, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 2000 shares. Black on thin white paper with attached embossed orange company seal. Top center vignette of a steamship docking station. Right vignette of a male worker, left vignette of a female worker. Issued to and signed on the stub by Thomas A. Scott (1823-1881). Railroad executive. Fine condition. Pen cancelled.

1854, Pennsylvania. Stock certifcate for 2 shares. Black/White. Vignette of an early passenger train at top center with border vignettes of young woman feeding chickens and a man feeding his horse. Revenue stamp at lower left corner and bottom. Uncancelled and very fine.

1869, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 1000 shares. Black with two attached adhesive revenue stamps. Top center vignette of a train at a harbor. Left vignette of a stanidng female, right vignette of male harvesting wheat. Issued to and signed by Benjamin Franklin Jones (1824 - 1903) Pioneer in the iron and steel industries in Pittsburgh. Two spots of heavy glue at stub, fine. Pen cancellation not affecting Jones' signature.

1871, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 1 share. Black. Vignette of a Globe, compass, book and other implements. Litho. Today, the college is known as Cedar Crest College and has been rated by Forbes Magazine to be one of the top ten liberal arts colleges for women in the United States. A brief history taken from a recent publication of Cedar Crest College: From Clover Nook to Cedar Crest On September 5, 1867, nine young women gathered in a classroom located in the basement of Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania. They were the first students of the recently established Allentown Female College. Within days, classes moved to the second floor of a building on Hamilton Street. In 1869 the institution again moved, this time to a two-acre campus at the intersection of Fourth and Turner Streets. The College owned only one structure, which served as a classroom building and dormitory. Founded by the Reformed Church, Allentown Female College promised a collegiate education in a Christian environment. Some students sought a three-year program that stressed the liberal arts; others trained to become school teachers; and still others desired only a finishing school education. In 1893 the institution changed its name to Allentown College for Women. But most students affectionately referred to their little campus by its nickname, “Clover Nook.” A scarce and early certificate from this long-lived women’s college. Small loss of paper at lower left corner. Some light toning at upper margin. Fine.

1977, New York. An Allied Chemical Corp. Bond for $5,000. Vignette of an allegorical male at center. Punch cancelled and very fine.