Lot #541

KEYSERLYCKE INDISCHE COMPAGNIE IMPERIAL INDIA COMPANY

1723, Antwerp. First Installment payment for stock. Black. At left vignette of Code of Arms of the company. Charles VI of Austria West Indies as well as the African Coast authorized the Imperial India Company.

Commodities traded included spices, gold silver and silk. At the time the stock was issued in 1723, the issue was oversubscribed in a matter of hours. Investors were not paid very high dividends from the very first, frequently over 30% per year successful that war was threatened by numerous competitor nations partly in order to smooth the way for the accession to the throne of his Charles ordered the company to cease operations and begin liquidation, a year.

A fine early piece from this important trading company. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine. $400 - up.