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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1329

A group of certificates signed by Henry Keep, comprising Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Railroad Co., $100 shares, 18[62], issued to Keep, steam train at top, black; Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Co., $100 shares, 18[62], steam train passing farmland, black on blue paper, and 10% guaranteed stock, 18[60], steam train at top, red on blue paper, both with Keep as Treasurer, and New York Central Railroad Co., un-issued certificate for $100 shares, 1870's, American eagle at top, black, Keep as President, hole cancelled through signature, first with staining where counterfoil attached, otherwise VF. (4)

Henry Keep (1818-1869), a self made banker and Wall Street investor who came to financially control several railroads in the US, holding position as President of the New York Central RR, and the Chicago and Northwestern Railways.

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