[SPECIMEN] ----, Florida. 9.2% note specimen in Ryder System, Inc. Orange / Black. Vignette of two allegorical males on either side of company logo at top center. Perforation cancellation. Very Fine.

1930, France. Stock certificate. Green on light green paper. Ornate border of jungle trees. Nice piece for display. Stamp cancelled and Extremely Fine.

1916, Paris. Stock certificate. Black on tan paper. Several industrial vignettes in ornate border. Coupons at bottom margin. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.

1854, New York. $1000 First Mortgage Bond bearing 7% interest. Great detailed vignette at top center of a train traveling passing a Moose, and a Bear and more. Coupons attached at bottom. Very fine.

1879, Kansas. Stock certificate for 100 shares in the St. Joseph & Western RR Co. Red. Vignette at top center of a train departing a station. Issued to Jay Gould and signed by him on verso. JAY GOULD (1836-1892). Railroad magnate; Financier and Stock market manipulator. Stamp and diamond cut cancelled, Gould’s strong signature is unaffected. Very Fine.

1880, Illinois. Unissued preferred capital stock certificate of the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad. Black/White. Vignette at top left of worker on train platform. Very fine.

188 , Illinois. Unissued stock certificate of the Saint Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad Company. Black/White. Vignette at top center of locomotive at platform. Smaller vignetts of female portrait at lower left and eagle with spread wings at bottom right. Small hole in left center of document and two small tears at lower edge that go into border.

188-, Kansas. Unissued stock certificate. Green / Black.

1877, Minnesota. Stock certificate for 1048 shares. Black. Lovely triple-vignetted certificate depicting a steam locomotive at center flanked by steamboats at both sides. Engraved by American Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by Anthony J. Drexel.