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Auction: CSS100A - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
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Hong Kong Chai On Marine Insurance Company Limited, certificate for 2 shares, $200 in total, 21st year of Emperor Guangxu (1895), embossed notary stamp of 10 cents stamp duty and the company seal, interest received in year 1901, 1902, 1903,
signature by famous local businessman and historian Chan Hiu Wun under the title of Managing Director of the company, who was also a member of the Furen Literary Society which later merged with the Revive China Society. Among the directors is the signature of Yong Yik Ting, a well known comprador at Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. In the wake of China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, the pace of industrialisation picked up rapidly, trade boomed as there was a major push to develop Chinese businesses, including insurance. Hong Kong Chai On Insurance Company Limited launched their public offering in 1895 at 42 Bonham Strand as one of the first true domestic Chinese insurers. Reverse shows a record of 3 dividend payouts, with the total exceeding the original value of the shares, indicating the healthy profit of the company. with envelope. Extremely Fine, some folds as to be expected from such large sized documents and minor stains. A very well kept example for type. A very rare Qing Dynasty insurance share certificate


光緒貳拾壹年（1895）香港濟安洋面保險有限公司股票，拾股共計貳佰員，票上打有香港政府10仙士（壹毫）印花稅。票上司理人陳曉雲乃香港十九世紀末期至二十世紀初期商界名人，又是萬益置業公司、廣運輪船公司、咸北輪船公司司理人，曾經擔任東華醫院總理，也為第一位華人香港史專家，亦是與興中會關係密切的輔仁文社社員。至於總理人容翼廷則於渣打銀行當中擔任買辦。1895年滿清政府於甲午戰爭敗於日本，加速了中國走向現代化的步伐，在貿易頻繁的背景下，保險業漸催成熟，而設於文咸西街42號的濟安洋面保險有限公司登報公開招股，是早期屬於真正本土的華資保險公司。此枚股票為中國最早期之保險嶪老股票，尤其珍罕。背面有三次派息記錄，分紅總額已經超過本金，收益豐厚的情況可見一斑。該股票品相吸引，保存完好，有摺痕，印花稅位置有裂，僅少量發黃

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