1879, Northern Pacific Railway Stock certificate for 100 shares. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive at top center, nice portrait vignette of Frederick Billings at bottom issued to and signed by CHARLES D. BARNEY & CO. Smith Barney is a financial success story that dates back to 19th century Philadelphia. A young broker named Charles D. Barney, founded his firm in 1873 and a young investment banker, Edward B. Smith, started his in 1892. These pioneers of the American securities industry helped make Wall Street the world's financial capital. In 1873 Charles Barney, a stockbroker, founded Charles D. Barney & Co. 1892 Investment banker Edward Smith founds Edward B. Smith & Co. In 1938 Barney & Smith merge forming Smith Barney & Co. Today Smith Barney's nearly 12,400 Financial Consultants serve more than 7.5 million client accounts representing nearly $900 billion in client assets. . Signed on verso: “Chas. D. Barney & Co.”. Orange/Black. Punch hole cancellations not affecting signature. Very Fine

1901, Oklahoma. Stock certificate for 16 shares in the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company. Purple/Black. Issued to Charles D. Barney & Co. and signed by Charles D. Barney for the company on verso. CHARLES D. BARNEY (1844 - 1945) Co-founder of the brokerage powerhouse Smith, Barney & Company. Stockbroker to E.H. Harriman, Henry Clay Frick, William Rockefeller. Punch and stamp cancelled. Very Fine.

1887, Minnesota. Stock certificate for 1 share. Black. Lovely triple-vignetted certificate depicting a steam locomotive at center flanked by steamboats at both sides. Engraved by American Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by investment banker CHARLES D. BARNEY, founder of what is today the well known Wall Street firm of Smith, Barney.

1880. Minnesota. Stock certificate for 10 shares issued to Charles D. Barney & Co. and signed by Charles D. Barney as the company president. Multi-vignetted. Train traveling though countryside at top center. Locomotive at bottom left and small vignette at bottom center of a factory. This is an excellent autograph piece.