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Auction: 21143 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 512

U.S.A.: Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, one share, 179[5], #816, signed by William Bingham as President, attractive vignette of covered wagon approching toll gates, black printing, on vellum, trifolded. The earliest known American certificate printed on vellum. William Bingham, 1752 - 1804, a politician who became delegate to the Continental Congress, 1786 - 1788 and served as a State Senator from 1795 to 1801. He was considered one of the richest men in Pennsylvania making much of his money from ownership of privateers and general trading. F-VF and lightly toned.

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£160