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Auction: 11022 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 477

Beeston Motor Co., Ltd., a pair of certificates for £1 ordinary shares, fully paid, and 5% preference shares both dated 189[8], and numbered 908, both issued to the same shareholder, stylized wheel within scrollwork at left, brown and green respectively, about very fine. The Beeston companies, Beeston Motor, Beeston Tyre and Beeston Cycle, formed part of the Harry Lawson Group. These companies operated from the Quinton Works in Parkside, Coventry, until the group was either wound up or reorganized at the turn of the 20th century. During World War I, the factory produced munitions for the war effort and engines for Hispano-Suiza and Renault aircraft. The Swift Motor Company took over the premises which is now the Ibis Hotel. Estimate £ 80-100

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£80