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Auction: 19016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Timed Auction
Lot: 368

Bolivia & Peru: Potosi, La Paz & Peruvian Mining Association, one Consolidated share of £15, London, April 1827, #2107, vignette of mountain in scrollwork at left, black printing on vellum, signed by 3 directors including Sir Francis Desanges and the Hon John Walpole, together with a printed receipt dated 1825 for the original £100 shares, £25 per share paid. One of the numerous British companies formed in 1824/25 for working mines overseas, most of which failed dismally. It would appear that the original £25 deposit paid by shareholders was much reduced and in 1827, the date of the first piece, new Consolidated shares were issued at only £15. F and scarce [R9*], the receipt repaired (2)

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