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Auction: 21145 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 588

(x) U.S.A.: A selection of Land Mortgage companies, comprising J.B.Watkins Land Mortgage Company Ltd., $100 shares, 18[902], #172, signed by Watkins as President, surveyors at work, black. Jabez Bunting Watkins, 1845 - 1921, built one of the largest mortgage business in the Plains States in the latter part of the 19th century. Purchased 1.5 million acres in Louisiana in 1883 which he developed through numerous companies. Repaired tear. Together with Virginia International Land, Loan and Trust Company, 187[1], #144; Yavapai County Cattle & Loan Company, $100 shares, 19[21], #14, with an unissued certificate, 19-, of different design, and, Omaha Cattle Loan Company, $100 shares, 1[900], #146. Mixed condition, F-VF (5).

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Sold for
£55

Starting price
£40