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Auction: 20128 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 604

(x) U.S.A.: Standard Oil Company, $100 shares, 187[8], #215, signed by John D. Rockefeller as President, issued to and signed by John Huntington, signed by H M Flagler as Secretary. Vignette of the Capitol Building at top, black, cancelled. Established by J D Rockefeller and Henry Flagler in 1870, with William Rockefeller as an executive, Standard Oil was the largest oil refiner of its time, and formed a monopoly within the industry that lasted until 1911 when the trust dissolved into smaller companies, making Rockefeller the richest man in history. Pin holes left, GVF.

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