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Auction: 8026 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 624

General Mortgage Loan of £200,000, £100 Special Bond, 1823, black and blue, with coupons, VF. Poyais, Honduras, was given to Gregor MacGregor by the native ruler in 1820 and MacGregor proceeded to try to settle the land by financial enticements. Several loans were floated on the Stock Exchange to raise money for ships and infrastructure but all eventually failed. The full story is available in xxxxxxxxx by Frank Griffith Dawson Estimate £ 140-160

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