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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 444

Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd., 4 1/2% non-cumulative redeemable preference shares, 19-, a specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, circa 1925, ornate border, blue-green, overprinted specimen in red, with counterfoil, about extremely fine. Famous merchant bank which failed due to overexposure to mainly Argentine loans but saved by the Bank of England on the intervention of Rothschild and other bankers. Failed again in 1995 due to the dealing activities of Nick Leeson and the company was acquired by ING. Estimate £ 40-60

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