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STOCKS & BONDS

LOT #211
 EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ERIE

RAILWAY COMPANY BOND


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 1865, New York. 100 Pound Bond certificate for the Erie Railway Company. Green and Black with railway station vignette and two smaller vignettes in each bottom corner. This is an extremely rare bond. The Erie proved to be a profitable venture for most investors and most were cashed in. Partially cancelled and with all coupons attached. Signed by the president of the Railway, Robert H. Berdell. (1864-67). Jay Gould would be it’s next president and bring to our history books what has become known monumentally as the infamous Erie Wars. There is a brown tape remnant at center fold and it has been pasted to a heavy stock backing, otherwise Fine. 

The successful and profitable Erie Railway is one of the most well known and most significant railway lines in America. The Erie Railway became famous because of the course manipulations of known stock exchange speculators, as well as through Erie War of 1867/68, where Jay Gould, Daniel Drew and Jim Fisk fought on the one side and the Commodore Vanderbilt on the other side for the domination in the Erie Railroad. This bond, issued just months after the Civil War was intended to be sold to English investors, eager to profit from the bustling railways at the time and were a great help to our economy after the Civil War had depleted much of the countries wealth.  $2500 – up

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  1. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. If an item is found not to be authentic, the full sale price will be refunded.
  2. A 15% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL HAMMER PRICE.
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  4. No "Buy" or unlimited bids will be accepted.
  5. We reserve the right to reject any bid we feel is not made in good faith.
  6. In the case of tie bids on the book, the earliest received shall take precedence.
  7. This is not an approval sale. Lots may not be returned except for reasons of authenticity or a material error in the catalog description.
  8. Please bid in U.S. dollars and only in whole dollar amounts. Fractions of a dollar will be rounded down to the nearest dollar.
  9. Some lots may be subject to a reserve.
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  11. The placing of a bid shall constitute the bidders acceptance of these terms of sale.

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