| Author |
 Replies: 46 / Views: 8,809 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
822 Posts |
For the most part I collect stocks and bonds from North America. The reason being that I appreciate the steel engravings on many of them. This grew from the requirement by the New York Stock Exchange that any certificate traded there had to be high quality engraving to prevent counterfeiting. European markets did not place this restriction on their stocks and bonds, and so the majority of them were printed lithographically, which was less expensive. I don't own many, but there were a few of these foreign (to me) certificates that I picked up over the years, usually for the graphic design or the type of company. I thought I'd post a few here and perhaps a few forum members will add more.    The cacao fruits on this bond of a chocolate maker appealed to me.   |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
822 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
822 Posts |
I'll tack on another non-U.S. bond, though it's not European. I like this one for the vignette.   |
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
5029 Posts |
Those are very nice looking. And the vignette on the Columbia bond is very beautiful.
|
|
Moderator
United States
187469 Posts |
Quote:
And the vignette on the Columbia bond is very beautiful. I agree.  |
|
Moderator
Canada
10456 Posts |
These are beautiful...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
822 Posts |
Found a couple more. South-Eastern Gold Mining, Ltd. was a British company, but it's unclear where the mine was actually located. And the Concordia bond appears to be for a Romanian petroleum company.   |
|
Moderator
United States
187469 Posts |
Very nice! |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
541 Posts |
The German bonds are interesting! The first one, a Berlin City bond issued in 1919 still uses the old Imperial seal.(as did some of their coins) The second is an extension or revalidation of what was a 1930 issued international gold bond in dollars!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
541 Posts |
The Russian bonds are also interesting in that anyone foolish enough to try and cash them in during the Soviet era would have been viewed as unpatriotic Capitalists which would have been hazardous to their health.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12804 Posts |
Awesome bonds. I can see an office or board room with walls covered by these works of art. Very nice. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
822 Posts |
Most European bonds were lithographs, which were less expensive to print than intaglio (engraved) bonds that traded on the NYSE. But there are some incredibly lavish foreign bonds from the Art Nouveau era that put U.S. bonds to shame, artistically.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
901 Posts |
Hi folks. I've had this for a couple of years, it is a soviet loan certificate/bond I think. On the reverse are the loan interest rates. Only bought it because of the industrial scene on it which I thought looked cool.   |
|
Moderator
United States
187469 Posts |
Very interesting! |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
5029 Posts |
Beautiful item Scots |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
822 Posts |
Nice Soviet bond, SG! Thanks for posting that.
|
| |
Replies: 46 / Views: 8,809 |
Posted 12/28/2017 01:38 am
