1904, New York. $1000 bond bearing 4% interest. Green/Black. Vignette of steam locomotive and steam boat across top. Rows of punch cancellations. Very fine.

1858, Virginia. Stock certificate for 10 shares. Top center and left border engraved vignettes of miners working. Bottom center vignette of a coal furnace. Uncancelled and very fine.

19--. Montana. Unissued stock certificate. Light green/black. Decorative border and title. Litho. Uncancelled and Excellent.

1901, West Virginia. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Black with green seal. Vignette at top left of miners at work and smaller vignettes in margin of various miners at work. Very fine.

1920, Arizona. Stock certificate for 1000 shares. Green/Black with green seal. Triple vignette of mining town flanked by miners at work. Small edge split at folds. Uncancelled and fine.

1921, California. Certificate of Membership for the Blue Shale Oil Mining Association. Black on light brown paper with gold seal. Spread eagle within the top center margin with a small oil derrick vignette directly below. Uneven top margin. Uncancelled and fine.

1913, LA. $1000 Bond bearing5% interest. Ornate border with a vignette of the company logo between allegorical females. Punch cancelled and extremely fine.

1897. New York. SPECIMEN. Bond issued "For the Construction of an Extension of the Building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art". Couple of folds. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.

1866, New York. $500 First Mortgage bond bearing 7% interest. Black/White with Green embossed seal. Oblong large folio. This series of bonds was issued by ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA (1794 - 1876) with his properties in Verz Cruz, St. Thomas and New Granada pledged as collateral. Issued while he was in exile in Mexico, it was Santa Anna's intent to use the proceeds of this issue to finance his return to power, an effort which eventually failed. A wonderful ornate bond signed by the man who led the forces that attacked and destroyed the Alamo in 1836.

SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE (1795-1876). Mexican general and politician. Santa Anna is one of the most interesting figures in Mexican political history, having been President/Dictator of Mexico some 10 times during his career. He began in the Spanish Army fighting against Mexican independence but switched sides and helped free Mexico from Spanish rule and install its first emperor, when it was in his interest to do so. Not content with his reward in this effort, he dethroned the emperor, and installed himself as the head of government. In 1836, he attempted to put down the revolt of U.S. citizens living in Texas who wanted Texas to join the U.S. He is best known in the U.S. for his slaughter of many Americans at the Alamo during this struggle. Soon after the Alamo, he was defeated by Sam Houston at San Jacinto, and Texas was granted its independence. After this, Santa Anna was in and out of power - and in and out of Mexico - for the rest of his life. He returned to Mexico in 1874 for the final time, and died in poverty in Mexico City.

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