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Auction: 13017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 178

Persian Bank Mining Rights Corporation Ltd., £5 preferred ordinary shares, part paid, 18[90], no.0569, signed by Baron George de Reuter as director, Persian lion at left, crown above, ornate border, brown, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. almost extremely fine and scarce.

Formed by Baron George de Reuter (son of the founder of the Reuters News Agency), to work metal, coal & petroleum deposits. The drilling was not successful and by 1899 the company was in liquidation. The word Bank in the title refers to the concession given to Baron Julius Reuter for the establishment of the Imperial Bank of Persia.

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Estimate
£120 to £150