Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2261
New York Central RR Co (NY), $500 (3) and $1000 (30) 6% bonds, 1853, signed by Erastus Corning as president, state arms, map of Albany-to-Buffalo line, river gorge, shield, all heavily punch canceled through signatures and attached to extension certificates, 1892, about VF and better. Erastus Corning (1794-1872) came to the railroad business by way of his Albany hardware store and factories, where he sold and later manufactured iron and steel implements and machinery. [33]
Sold for
$160