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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1105

Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Co., $50 shares, 185[6], issued to Jacob Little & Co. and signed by Jacob Little on reverse, steam train at top, black, ink cancelled over signatures, small piece out of right edge, otherwise VF.

Jacob Little (1794-1865), an early Wall Street investor who made and lost his fortune a number of times before the final loss in the Panic of 1857, he died with very little, and with debtors owing him millions.

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$160