American Bank Note Company Archives

NY. 1976. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All have vignette of allegorical woman holding winged railroad wheel sitting on the world globe dire

NY. 1974. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All have vignette of allegorical woman holding winged railroad wheel sitting on the world globe dire

DE. 1970-1990's. Specimen stock certificates. 1) Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. 100 shs, Common Stock, red border. Vignette of Atlas holding up...

DE. 1930-50s. Specimen. 100 shs, common, purple. Vignette of Atlas holding up the sky. SCBNC. XF.

DE. 1913. Proof. $ 1000, 6%, 10 Year Income Gold Bond. Proof of vignette, title and text without border. Printed on off white paper with purple &quo...

DE. 1915-1930. Proof of vignette, title and text from famous gunpowder company. Vignette of Atlas bending over with a box of dynamite on his back blow

DE. 1925. Proof. Proof of vignette, title and text, no border. Atlas with box labeled "Powder" on back blowing up. Rare early gunpowder ce...

DE. 1950's. Proof. Proof certificate of famous gunpowder company. 1). < 100 shs, green. Proof printed on light brown paper. Vignette of Atlas...

DE. 1950-1960's. Specimen. Specimen of certificates from famous gunpowder company. Vignette of Atlas holding up the sky. 1). < than 100 shs, ...

DE. 1960's. Specimen, proof. 2 different production file archival certificates. Both have vignette of Atlas holding up the sky. 1). < than 10...

DE. 1981-1982. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All with vignette of house with stone wall. All are $ odd. 1) 6%, olive green. 2) 14%, orange.

DE. 1974-1986. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All with vignette of house with stone wall. All are $ odd. 1) 7 1/2%, blue. 2) 8 1/2%, brown. 3

DE. 1974. Specimen. All are 8.45 % Debentures Due 2004. Vignette of country house and stone wall. 1) $25,000 with green border. 2) $10,000 with yellow

DE. 1987. Specimen. 2 different fire arms company certificates. 1). Wildey, Inc., odd shs, light brown, vignette of Wildley pistol. 2). Sturm, Ruger...

DE. 1970-1980's. Specimen. 5 different stock certificates in 2 different types. All have vignettes of Hercules with club on shoulder with vignet...

DE. 1970-1990's. Specimen. 15 different registered bonds. 1)-9) All with vignette of Hercules with club. Various denominations, from $ odd to $1...

DE. 1913. Proof. $ 1000, 6%, 10 Year Income Gold Bond. Proof of vignette, title and text without border. Printed on off white paper with purple &quo...

DE. 1946. Specimen. <than 100 shs. Common Stock. Olive green. Vignette of Hercules Holding Club. 1915 stock certificate design overprinted and re...

DE. 1930-40's. Specimen. <than 100 shs. Convertible Class A Stock, brown. Vignette of Hercules Holding Club. SCBNC. XF.

DE. 1920-30. Proof of vignette, text and title, no border. Hercules with club on left. Rare as proof. RBNC. VF.

DE. 1915. Proof stock certificate from the Republic BNCo. and very rare. Printed on white paper, uniface, with purple "cancelled" handstam...

DE. 1930-50's. Specimen. 100 shs, preferred, purple. Hercules holding club. SCBNC. XF.

UT. 19-- (ca. 1900-1920). Specimen. Odd shs. Common Capital Stock, black. Portraits of J.M. Browning and M.S. Browning on left and right top. Total sh

CT. 1970. Production file of this famous gun maker that has had the models, proofs and specimens removed in the past, but still has the production mat

Honolulu, HI. 1971-1972. Specimen. 7 different registered bond certificates. All have allegorical man holding globe and lightening coming out of other

HI. 1970. 1) Mockup model of $1000, 1st Mortgage Registered Bond. Pieces and elements of copied stock certificate are pasted on white board in new des

HI. 1977. Specimen. 1). > than 100 shs. Common Stock. Orange, Vignette of King Kamehameha. Evidently a cancelled remainder certificate that was u...

HI 1970's. Watercolor painting of King Kamehameha. Approximately 6 inches wide by 10 inches tall with matching vignette large die proof and corr...

HI. 1977. Production file for Common Stock. Vignette of figure of King Kamehameha the Great used on front of stock. 1). $ odd, blue proof model or moc

Honolulu, HI. 1950-1980's. Specimen. 6 different Stocks. 1,2). The Hawaiian Electric Company. < than 100 shs, green; 100 shs, blue. Standing ...

DE, HI. 1969. Specimen stock. Odd shares, green border. Undertint vignette of Hawaiian island chain in light blue. SCBNC. XF.

Honolulu, HI. 1970-1980's. Specimen. 8 different Stocks. No vignettes. All are different colors. Rare group of Hawaiian certificates. XF.

HI. 1961. Specimen. $1,000, 1st Mortgage Bond, Series L, 4.65%, Due 1991. Allegorical man reclining and reading. Green border and coupons attached. AB

Michigan. 1981. Mockup. Production file for Common Stock with model and correspondence. Certificate has vignette of an allegorical man sitting behind

NJ. 1950-1980's. Specimen. 9 different bonds. All are vertical registered bonds worth vignettes of allegorical men, women and eagles. Rare group...

DE. 1968-1969. Production file. 3 different certificates and 3 border proofs. All with vignette of allegorical woman holding globe and flanked by airp

NJ. 1930-40's. Specimen. 3 different certificates. All have reclining allegorical woman with Sheraton logo. 1). than 100 shs, blue. SCBNC. XF.

DE. 1946. Specimen. 3 different certificates. All have vignette of topless allegorical women flanking Hilton logo. 1). than 100 shs, purple. Facsimil

NY. 1973. 1) Unique Approval Model or mockup for " than 100 shs" without vignette, title or text. 6) Miscellaneous correspondence and prod...

NJ. 1960-1980's. Vignette of allegorical figure with hammer reclining by geared wheel. 1) > 100 shares, olive. 2) 100 shares, teal. 3) < 1...

TX. 1982. 3 different certificates. 1) Unique approval model or mockup. Odd shs, blue border. "OK to engrave" stamped on folder and initia...

MI. 1976. Production file. 6 different certifcates and 3 different border proofs. All with seated allegorical man with globe and large ball bearings n

DE. 1989. 2 different certificates. Both with allegorical man and large eagle. 1) Proof of entire certificate with blue border printed on white paper.

DE. 1984. 3 different certificates and one border proof. All with allegorical man and eagle. 1) Proof with entire certificate with red border printed

Philadelphia, PA. 190-. Specimen. Odd shs, green. Ornate title with factory in middle and old fashioned cotton spinning wheel on left. Rare. SBNC. XF.

CT. 1950-1960's. Specimen. 6 different certificates. 1). than 100 shs, common, blue. 4). Odd shs, common, blue. 5). 100 shs, preferred, red. 6)...

Union and Greenville, SC. 19- (ca. 1910-1940's). Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1). Monarch Mills. Union, SC. Odd shs, black. Vignette of c...

GA. 19- (ca. 1900-1920). Specimen. 100 shs, brown. Vignette of textile cloth making machine in middle, sheep on right and eagle on left. SBNC. XF.

Lancaster, SC. 1930's. Specimen. Odd shs, brown. Vignette of weaving machine for cloth. SBNC. XF.

NY. 1910-20's. Proof. Proof of vignette, title and text with no border. Vignette of solar system circling earth with clouds spinning around it. ...