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Auction: 21143 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 270

Great Britain/Argentina: Highland Scot Canning Co. Ltd., £10 7% preference shares, 18[91], #130, scrollwork at left, blue. The company built the largest meat factory in the world by 1890 in Espeleta, Argentina, which was capable of slaughtering 700,000 cattle and 1 million sheep each year. The factory covered 7 acres but by 1894 they were empty as the company used too much of its working capital and was in liquidation by 1893. VF and scarce.

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Estimate
£35 to £40

Starting price
£30