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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1458

Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road (PA), 1795, No. 345, signed by William Bingham as President. printed on vellum, covered wagon approaches a toll gate, IU, EF.

A choice example of the very first American share certificate known to bear an engraved vignette. This was the first significant paved road built in the United States, privately financed because the State of Pennsylvania did not have the funds to construct the road. William Bingham was Pennsylvania's Delegate to the Continental Congress.

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