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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1199

New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road Company, $80 Consolidation Certificate, 1874, No. 11021, signed by William H. Vanderbilt as President, light purple tint, "CONSOLIDATION CERTIFICATE" in red, Commodore Vanderbilt, IC, VF+.

William H. Vanderbilt was Commodore Vanderbilt's eldest son. The Commodore at first had little regard for William's business abilities, but then William managed to beat his father in a business deal, convincing the Commodore to put him in charge of a railroad in Staten Island. William turned the railroad around and won his father's complete confidence.

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