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Auction: CSS103B - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 1112

China, Canton - Hankow Railway, share certificate for 100 shares of 500 yuan, Year 3 (1914), -Chairperson: Zhan Tianyou (chief engineer of the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance, Peking-Kalgan Railway. Later known as the father of Chinese Railway), with his red chop,


with interest counterfoil at right, very fine. An early certificate showcasing the significance of railway in the development of late Qing dynasty early ROC era. Very rare.


民國三年商辦廣東粵漢鐵路有限總公司股票壹百股共五百圓，中央有公司總理詹天佑蓋章，詹氏擔任京張鐵路的總工程師，京張鐵路為中國第一條無外援興建的鐵路，後被譽為中國鐵路之父，右方附息單，VF品相，展示晚清至民初時期中國鐵路發展之早期股票，十分珍罕

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