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Auction: 11022 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 561

Blaenavon Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., a group of 157 certificates for one share of £50, 1870, embossed seal, black, red overprint, good very fine to extremely fine. (157) The company was one of only six south Wales ironworks that successfully made the change to steel production. Employed c.5,000 by 1878 but failed due to increasing competition. Estimate £ 400-500

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£650