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Auction: 324 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1445

P. Lorillard Company (New Jersey) 1913. 1000 shares. Issued, cancelled. No.2877. Orange borders and underprint. Tobacco plant flanked by women. Transferred to and signed on the back by J. B. Duke. EF. James Buchanan Duke was best known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing. He was a great benefactor of the university which bears his name. He founded the American Tobacco Company, which at one time controlled 150 factories with a capitalization of $502 million in 1911.

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