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Auction: 22140 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 228

Great Britain: South Sea Company, New South Sea Annuities, inscribed stock receipt, 177[5], for the sale of £[200] of stock at £[173], black and red, 2 rows of 34 stars under title. After the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1723 the Government agreed to exchange half of the shareholdings for Government Stock, called South Sea Annuities. In 1733 half of the remaining shares were also exchanged and this gave rise to the New South Sea Annuities. Small piece missing from top left corner from spiking, as is usual with these certificates, small hole top centre, AVF and scarce. [R10].

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