188-. Montana. Unissued stock certificate. Black/white. Litho. Uncancelled and Excellent.

1895, Montana. Stock certificate for one share. Issued To & Signed By William N. Cromwell And Signed By HC Payne. Light star punch cancellations and very fine.

1945, Romania. A 4% bond for 100 lei. A wonderfully decorative and colorful piece with mainly blue, red and gold interspersed throughout. A crest with a royal crown is at top center, with three military scenes at the bottom. At bottom left soldiers lying down firing their arms, at bottom cent er a tank and at bottom right cannons within a fortress. Extremely Colorful.

1874, New York. $1000 bond bearing 7% interest. Gray/Black. Small vignette of allegorical figures surrounded by a panoramic view of a train and people overlooking a water fall across top. Punch and stamp cancelled. Very fine.

[SPECIMEN] ----, Pennsylvania. 7 3/4 % convertible senior subordinated debenture in Rorer Group, Inc. Brown / Black. Vignette of two allegorical males flanking a interior vignette of a historic building. Perforation cancellation at right edge and at signatures. Specimen stamp at lower left. Very Fine.

1910, Bond Transfer Certificate. Black. Punch and pen cancelled and fine.

1868, Minnesota. Issued to and signed on verso by RUSSELL SAGE. (1816-1906). Banker; Financier; U.S. Congressman. As the originator of "put and call options", Sage greatly changed the way speculators played the stock market. Among America's most powerful and wealthy bankers, he financed Jay Gould and made a vast fortune on the latter's stock manipulations. "Sage was one of the shrewdest and most conservative of all great financiers." (DAB) At one time he is said to have had $27,000,000 out on call loans. At the time of his death he left a fortune worth an estimated $70,000,000.

Ten share certificate for Scrip Preferred Stock of the Milwaukee & St. Paul RW Co. Green. Female allegorical figure vignette at top center. Litho. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp attached at top left. Stamp and punch cancelled, Sage's signature is unaffected. Very fine.

1872, New York. Certificate for 10 Shares of Preferred Stock". Red. Vignette at top center of a train. Litho. Twenty five cent attached revenue stamp at top left. Signed as vice-president of the company by RUSSELL SAGE (1816 -1906). Banker; financier; congressman. As the originator of "put and call options", Sage greatly changed the way speculators played the stock market. Among America's most powerful and wealthy bankers, he financed Jay Gould and made a vast fortune on the latter's stock manipulations. "Sage was one of the shrewdest and most conservative of all great financiers." (DAB) At one time he is said to have had $27,000,000 out on call loans. At the time of his death he left a fortune worth an estimated $70,000,000. Stamp and punch cancellations. Punch cancellation slightly affects signature. Extremely Fine.

1915, England, France and Russia. Stock for 10 shares of 1 pound sterling each. Red/Black. Engraved vignette of a seated female figure adjacent to a tobacco field and bales. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, London. Coupons at right. Uncancelled and in excellent condition.