1858, Wisconsin/Mississippi. Stock certificate for five shares. Black. Vignette of train at top center and small vignette of an eagle at bottom center. Slight damp staining at right margin. Fine.

1903. Stock certificate. Blue on tan paper. Two small vignettes of miners at work at left side and coal train at right side. Litho. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.

18--. Minnesota. Unissued stock certificate. Vignette of a steam locomotive at top center. Litho. Uncancelled and Excellent.

1857, Iowa. Stock certificate for 100 shares in the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company. Black. Engraved depiction of the Government Bridge, the first railroad bridge to ever span the Mississippi River at top, Indians on horseback below. Signed as president by JOHN A. DIX (1798-1879). Dix was Union general during the Civil War, Secretary of the Treasury and railroad executive. Dix was a trusted public servant and financier in the period leading up to the Civil War. He served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the last three months of the Buchanan administration (Jan. - March 1861), at the insistence of the eastern money interests who knew that Dix's presence would lend stability to that faltering administration. In May 1861, Lincoln appointed Dix major general of volunteers and, as such, Dix outranked all other volunteer officers until the end of the War. After the War, Dix had a distinguished career in both diplomacy and politics, serving as Minister to France, 1866-1869, and as governor of New York, 1872-1874. Pen and punch cancellations, the latter affecting Dix's signature. Very fine.

1856, Iowa. Stock certificate for 12 shares in the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company. Black. Engraved multi-vignetted certificate depicting Indians at bottom and railroad bridge at top. Signed as president by JOHN A. DIX (1798-1879). Dix was Union general during the Civil War, Secretary of the Treasury and railroad executive. Dix was a trusted public servant and financier in the period leading up to the Civil War. He served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the last three months of the Buchanan administration (Jan. - March 1861), at the insistence of the eastern money interests who knew that Dix's presence would lend stability to that faltering administration. In May 1861, Lincoln appointed Dix major general of volunteers and, as such, Dix outranked all other volunteer officers until the end of the War. After the War, Dix had a distinguished career in both diplomacy and politics, serving as Minister to France, 1866-1869, and as governor of New York, 1872-1874. Pen and punch cancellations, the latter affecting Dix's signature. Very fine.

1975, Missouri. Stock certificate for 36 shares. Green/Black. Vignette of two male allegorical figures flanking seal at top center. Perferation cancelled and fine.

1883, Mississippi. Stock certificate for 1,000 shares. Black on light brown paper. Vignette of steam locomotive at top center. Pen cancelled. Minor paper loss at edge. Very fine.

1905, Mississippi. Stock certificate for 1 share. Black. Issued to and signed on verso by Stuyvesant Fish (1851-1923). Railroad executive. Fish was a member of a politically prominent New York family. Light glue residue at stub, fine. Stamp and punch cancelled, neither affecting Fish's signature.

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