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Auction: 21145 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 108

South Africa: Amazon Gold Mining Co. Ltd., £1 shares, Johannesburg 18[89], #1831, issued to H.J.King and Max Michaelis and signed by the latter on the reverse as Liquidator of the French Bob Gold Mining Co. Ltd., ornate border, mauve. Formed to acquire 101 claims on the farm Nooitgedacht, Potchefstroom District. Sir Max Michaelis, 1852 -1932, mining financier, came from Germany in 1876 to the Kimberley diamond fields. Worked with Julius Wernher and Alfred Beit and was a founding partner of the firm Wernher, Beit & Co. His later life was devoted to the arts. GVF.

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Estimate
£50 to £60

Starting price
£40