Auction: 17016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 739
United States of America, Early California: Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine, a set of 3 certificates for 5, 10 and 20 shares of £1, undated but 1851/1852, blue, black and orange respectively, scrollwork at left, together with Le Nouveau Monde, Compagnie en Commandite pour L'Exploitation des Mines d'Or de la Californie, a group of certificates, 1851, for 25 franc shares comprising 1 share, no.190134, facsimile signature of John Taylor Jr., blue, 5 shares, no.52271-52275, signed by Richard Taylor, 1, 5 and 10 shares, later issue, 1851 where 'Californie' has been removed from title, black on green, pink and blue paper respectively, and Agua Fria Gold Mining Co., a trio of scrip certificates for 5, 20 and 50 shares of £1 each, undated but circa 1852, black on linen. Generally VF, several scarce (11).
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