European Shares And Bonds (Non-US)

Very attractive bond and interesting story. Thanks for posting. Have you collected any of the other denominations?

If you've been following the railroad topic, you'll notice I've been featuring vignettes designed by A.E. Foringer. Here's another one on a stock for Royal Dutch Petroleum.

I don't often pick up non-engraved securities, which usually excludes stocks and bonds from Europe, since these were typically printed lithographically. But this German bond caught my eye with an attractive design and an aviation theme. Atlantis Airlines was founded in 1966 and flew out of Frankfurt. But it wasn't a typical commercial carrier -- instead of scheduled flights, it partnered with tour companies for trips to the U.S. and Mediterranean. Unfortunately, these charters were not enough to provide financial stability and the company folded in 1972.

At 50 Deutsche Marks, this is an unusually small bond -- it would have been worth about $12 U.S. when issued in 1969.

Great examples in this thread.

Nice examples!

Very nice!

Another batch of dollar-denominated German bonds arrived. I'm running out of album space for these! Something like 85 different varieties exist, but I'm not going to collect all of them.