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Auction: 16018 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 932

(x) Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche, nominal share 1'000 Fiorini / Paria Lire, Trieste, 30. June 1832, #409, founder share of today's Generali-Insurance, signed by founder G. Morpurgo as "Inpettore referente" and issued to and signed by Samuel Minerbi, Director and Co-Founder, printed on handmade paper, fold slightly broken, VF [R10*]

Giuseppe Lazzaro Morpurgo (1759-1835) founded this insurance company in 1831 in the Austro-Italian Town of Trieste with a capital of two million Florin, divided into 2000 shares. Generali soon opend offices throughout whole of Italy and the Austrian Empire. In 1857, its shares traded for the first time at the Trieste stock exchange. Today Generali Group is the largest insurance company in Italy and one of the largest in Europe.

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Estimate
£7,000 to £10,000