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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2764

Ballantine & Co (NJ), $100 shs, Newark, 1900, #1, issued to and signed by Robert F Ballantine as president and signed by J Herbert Ballantine as treasurer, ornate border, blank with company name, incorporation, share value, etc filled in by hand, all blue, embosssed seal, stub reattached, punch cancels affecting signatures (but only one punch complete), revenue stamps at top, VF+. The Ballantine brewery was founded in 1840 by Robert´s father, Peter, and grew to become the fourth larest in the United States. Robert died in 1905, but the company lived on and became popular in the 1950s and 60s. Now owned by Pabst, Ballantine ale is still produced by subsidiaries.

Estimate
$1,500 to $2,000