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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1634

Great Western Railroad, County of Oxford, Province of Canada, March 1, 1853, 100 Pounds Relief Debenture Bond, No.157, Queen Victoria, train below, 35 coupons. Issued December 1, 1850. The Great Western operated in Canada West and later the province of Ontario, following Confederation. Entrepreneur Samuel Zimmerman was instrumental in promoting its construction. This system stretched 1371 kilometers from Niagara Falls to Toronto, with connecting lines to London, Windsor and communities in the Bruce Peninsula. The Great Western was an important connecting link for through traffic between railways in Michigan and New York. This necessitated conversion from the original 5'6" gauge to the U.S. standard of 4' 8 1/2". The railway was one of the earliest to use sleeping and dining cars. Issued, uncancelled. VF+, with a few pinholes and light age toning spots.

Estimate
$180 to $280