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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 556

Poltimore Copper & Gold Mining Company, 5 shares of £1, undated, but almost certainly 1852, no.22211-22215, black on blue paper, spike hole at top left, about extremely fine. Estimate £ 50 Mine in North Molton, Devon. A cost book company which was fairly standard at this date, prior to the introduction of Limited Liability especially in the 1852-3 mining boom. Gold mining in this county, however, is rare.

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