Some Specimen Stocks And Bonds

I added a specimen from a new printer to my collection. This example was printed by Schwabacher-Frey of San Francisco. I know next to nothing about this printing company. It looks like they botched the serial number on this certificate, so they decided to punch cancel it and use it as a specimen. The First National Corp of Portland (OR) also interested me, as I lived there for many years. I think the firm was associated with the First Nat. Bank of Portland; it's probably from the late 1930s, early '40s.

I just realized there was another specimens I hadn't posted -- and one is also a Schwabacher-Frey printing. Apparently they liked semi-circles. It looks like S-F did the lithography for the text and vignettes, but they may not have done the engraved frames. Smaller printing companies that didn't have intaglio capabilities often bought pre-printed blanks from banknote companies, then did the rest in-house. This may be the first example I've found where it looks like they used a typewriter for the word "SPECIMEN"

It's been a bit slow on the forum lately, but here's one of my recent buys. This was too cute to pass up. It's a mini-specimen bond from Security Bank Note Co., only 5"x8"! I like that all the typical elements are there, even on the back. Technically, it's a promotional note and the small print is just an advert for the company.

Sooooo cool ..... I just love old paper

Saturn, I'd love to see some if those if you wouldn't mind posting some pictures. There's a thread devoted to mining certificates:
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...IC_ID=308892

Very nice!

Nice example!

Wow, it's been nearly a year since I've added to this thread! Here are a few things I picked up this year.