American Bank Note Company Archives

DE. 1976-1984. Specimen. 7 different certificates. 4 stocks and 3 bonds. 1)-4) Allegorical woman with globe. than 100 shares; Not More Than 100,000 s

NY. 1970-1980. Specimen. 4 different certificates. All have allegorical woman holding winged wheel. 1). than 100 shs. Common stock. Olive green. 4).

DE. 1978. 2 different certificates. Both with allegorical woman holding globe flanked by microscope, beakers and scientific equipment. 1) Proof with b

NY. 1960's. Vignette of reclining allegorical woman with doves. 1) < than 100 shs, common, light blue. Specimen stock used as model with corr...

NY. 1950-60's. Vignette of reclining allegorical woman with doves. 1) 100 shs, common, yellow. Proof model or mockup for stock certificate. Uniq...

NY. 1930-40's. Proof. Vignette of reclining allegorical woman with doves. Both proofs are common stocks printed on light brown paper in green.

NY. 1920-1930's. Proof. 2 different proof stock certificates. Both have vignette of allegorical woman with flag and flowers. Odd shares. Proof p...

KY. 1969. Specimen. > than 100 shs, Common Stock Temporary Certificate, blue. Vignettes of Colonel Sanders and company title logo. Rare certifica...

KY. 1969. Specimen. 100 shs, Common Stock Temporary Certificate, olive green. Vignettes of Colonel Sanders and company title logo. Rare certificate fr

DE. 1969. Specimen. 3 different. All are common stocks with vignettes of Colonel Sanders and company logo. 1) than 100 shs, orange. Rare certificates

NY; Cincinnati, Ohio. 1940-60's. Specimen. 2 different. 1) Hebrew National Kosher Foods, Inc. Odd shs, common stock, orange. NY. Hebrew National...

Philadelphia, PA. 1900-1950's. 1) George Washington Hotel Corporation. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, olive. Historic hotel in Washington, PA aroun...

DE. 1983. Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1). Odd shs, common stock, green. 2). Odd shs, preferred stock, orange. Rare potato chip pair. "N...

ME, MA. 1900-1910. Specimen. Odd shs, green. Small fishing boats at dock with street scene. SBNC. XF.

DE. 1979. 2 different certificates. Both with allegorical woman and man standing in front of Big Mac, french fries and shake. 1) Unique Approval model

FL. 1950's. 2 different proof stock certificates. Both have vignette of allegorical woman holding globe with logos of little girl in bonnet and ...

Panama, MO, DE. 1970-1990's. Odd shares. 1) RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. DE. Vignette of allegorical woman in field. Blue border. 2) RJR Nabisco H...

NY. 1969. Specimen. 3 different certificates. All are common stocks with Mogan David Logo and Star of david on top. 1) < than 100 shs, red. 2) 10...

NJ. 1930-1970's. 1)to3) All 3 with allegorical vignette of women flanking company logo in black on white background. SCBNC. 100 shares with ligh...

NY, Switzerland. 1989. Specimen, Proof. 1) Unique mockup model or proof of American Depositary Receipt. Allegorical man and woman flank nestle logo in

DE. 1930-1940's. Specimen. 4 different certificates. All have vignette of "Omar" the genie holding a loaf of bread sitting next to his...

Philadelphia, PA. 1900-1920. Specimen. < than 100 shs, lime green. Indians and colonial gentlemen (one looks like William Penn or Franklin) meeti...

D.C. 19--(ca. 1900-1920). Specimen. Odd shs, Preferred, blue. Banana tree on left with bananas. SBNC. VF.

Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, PA. 1900-1920. Specimen. < than 100 shs, capital stock, orange. Palm tree with bananas. Fine, top margin rough wit...

NY. 1900-1920. Specimen. Odd shs, preferred capital stock, orange. Patriotic eagle and shield vignette. Famous restaruant and cafeteria. SBNC. XF.

NY. 1965-1969. 4 different certificates. 1) Specimen. < than 100 shs, green border. Allegorical woman holding shield with "H&H" ini...

IL. 19--(ca. 1900-1920). Specimen. Odd shs, Capital Stock, orange. Cattle, pigs and sheep. SBNC. Fine.

DE. 1950-60. Specimen. Odd shs, Class A stock, blue. Photo of Lipton himself. British merchant who built the Lipton tea empire. SCBNC. XF.

DE. 1950-1960's. 2 different specimen stock certificates. 1) Odd shs, Common Stock, brown border. 2) Odd shs, 4% Preferred Stock, orange border....

NY. 1970's. Specimen. 1) Odd shs, common stock, red. 2) 100 shs, common stock, green. Bazooka Bubble gum package wrapper on top. Famous bubble g...

NJ. 1910-1940's. 1) Velvet Soap Products, Inc. Eagle vignette. Odd shares, green. 2)-3) United Vegetable Oil Corporation. Eagle vignette. Odd sh...

OH. 1983-1985. Specimen. 3 different certificates. 1) Odd shs, green. Allegorical woman on right, globe on left and Wendy's logo in middle. 2) O...

OH. 1977. Specimen. Original public offering certificate for this famous hamburger chain. Odd shs, common stock, light blue. Wendy's logo in mid...

OH. 1982. 1) Unique Approval Model or mockup for "Odd shs" of common stock certificate in green. Vignette of "Wendy's Old Fashion...

Territory of Hawaii, HI. 1900-1930. Proof of vignette, title and text, no border. Pineapple plantation field. 3 proofs were found in archive, no speci

DE. 1998. Proof. Proof. Odd shs, Common Stock, blue border. Vignette of NASCAR race car below and earth with mans head above. 2 found in archive. Cham

Harrisburg, NC; DE. 1980-1990's. Specimen, Proof. 1) Charlotte Motor speedway, Inc. Specimen. Odd shs, blue border. Eagle vignette. 2) Champions...

Ontario, CA. 1968. $5000 7 1/2% Mortgage (Revenue) Bond. Eagle vignette. Orange border. Overprint reads "duplicate $5000 bond issued in place o...

Chicago, IL. 1978. Specimen. Odd shs, Authorized Capital 10,000 Shares of Common Stock. Green. Eagle. Chicago Cubs stock certificate. Rare baseball st

Pittsburgh, PA. 1985. Specimen. Odd shs, common, brown. Pirate wearing hat with skull and crossbones. Rare professional baseball certificate. SC-USBNC

Rochester, NY. Specimen. Specimen stock certificate. Odd shares. Vignette of baseball with wings in red and blue. Blue border. Rochester's baseb...

Rochester, NY. 1960-70. Specimen. Odd shs, capital stock, blue and orange. Winged baseball with "Red Wings" underneath it. ABNC. XF.

CA. 1989. Bond specimen. CA of Anaheim (California) Stadium, Inc. Lease Rental Bond (1979 Series A). $Odd. Blue border. Vignette of Rams football helm

MA, DE. 2000. Specimen. Odd Units, Limited Partnership Interests, green. 2 basketball players flank Boston Celtics logo. Rare variety of this famous p

MA, DE. 1998-2000. Specimen. 3 different certificates. 1). Odd Units, 2000, Limited Partnership Interests, green. 2 basketball players flank Boston Ce

Boston, MA. 1980's. Specimen. Odd Units, Certificate Evidencing Units Representing Assignments of beneficial Ownership of Limited Partnership In...

MA. 1967-1970. Specimen. 2 different stocks for Boston area companies. The Boston Herald-Traveler is a tabloid newspaper. In 1946, Walter Brown headed

Dallas, TX. 1967-70. Specimen. < than 100 shs, common stock, blue and red. Roadrunner running with basketball. 1967-70 - Dallas Chaparrals (ABA)....

OH. 1960-1970. Specimen. Huffy Bicycle. In 1892, George Huffman manufactured the first David Sewing Machine company bicycle in Dayton, Ohio. ABNC. XF.

DE, OH. 1975. Mockup. Production file for Common Stock with models, proofs and correspondence. Certificate has vignette of standing allegorical woman

Columbia, SC. 1960-1970's. Vignette with allegorical man by running stream. 100 shares, brown; Odd shares, brown. Famous fishing rod, reel and ...

MA. 1976. Specimen. Odd shs, common stock, non-voting, blue and red. Mean looking Colonial soldier ready to hike football. Rare professional football

Hartford, CT. 1964. Specimen. Odd shs, Common Stock, blue. Vignette of Charter Oaks Football team. The Continental Football League was an American foo

1982. Specimen. Odd shs, common, green. The Amateur Golf Association of America, Inc. ("AGAA"), was a company involved in promoting and st...

TN. 1980-90's. Specimen common stock. Odd shares, green border. The Arnold Palmer Golf Company manufactures, markets and distributes a full line...

Garden City, NY. 1950-1960's. Specimen. Specimen membership certificate. Undertint vignette of golfer. Blue border. SCBNC. XF.

Providence, R.I. 1969. Specimen. Odd shs, Common Stock, red. Chicken with hockey stick. Also known as the Rhode Island Reds in honor of the state bird

FL. 1996. Proof. Odd shs, Class A Common Stock, blue. Proof on large sized white paper with large margins. Allegorical woman on right with Boca Raton

DE. 1973. Specimen. 100 shs, common stock, green. Seated woman with winged wheel on top and Jai-Alai player on lower left. Rare sports certificate of

DE. 1977-78. Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1) 100 shares. 2) odd shares. Both with undertint of Jai-Alai player. Scarce certificates. ABNC. XF.

MA. 1987. 1) Unique Approval Model or mockup for "Odd shs" of common stock certificate in blue. Vignette of Reebok Logo and UK flag. 2) Pr...

DE. 1970. Specimen. 100 shs, common, blue. Sillouettes of 2 different skiers and tip of Head ski. Rare skiing stock. Facsimile signature of Howard Hea

MD, DE. 192-, 1920's. 1)-2) National Capital Natatorium Company, Incorporated. MD. Eagle vignette. Odd shares in blue and orange variants. 3) Oc...

Pittsburgh, PA. 1973. Specimen. 1000 shs, common stock, blue. Woman tennis player on knees in gold on left. The Pittsburgh Triangles Women's Pro...

PA. 1972. 1) Unique Approval model or mockup for "100 shs", common, stock certificate in green. Vignette of Benjamin Franklin in circle th...

San Francisco, CA. 1912. Specimen. $1000. Exposition Bond, olive green. Coupons attached. Vignette of angel standing on bow of wooden ship with steams

Odgen, UT. 1900-1920. Specimen. Odd shs. Capital stock. Brown. Portrait of David Eccles. David Eccles joined with C.W. Nibley and others to build fact

DE. 192-. Specimen. Odd shs, capital stock, green, Quaker portrait vignette. SBNC. XF.

DE. 1900-20. Specimen. Odd shs, Class B Stock. slate blue. Unique photo vignette of early diving bell with arms to grab things with. SBNC. XF.

Philadelphia, PA. 1900-1910. Specimen. Odd shs, green. Large sized vignette of the opera house. Never seen before. Outstanding! SBNC. XF.

NY. 188-. Proof. Odd shs, green. Vignette of eagle with spread wings. Proof printed on india paper and mounted on card stock. In the 1880s, the Postal

Philadelphia, PA. 1910-1930's. Specimen. $100, blue. Ornate curved title of Zoological Society. Bond was for improvement of grounds and extendin...

DE. 1990. Production File. Both with vignette of allegorical woman with globe and state-house styled building. 1) 1838 Bond-Debenture Trading Fund. Od

NY. 188-. Specimen. Odd shs, brown. Allegorical woman with eagle, cornucopia with coins falling out and barrels of cotton oil. In 1884 the American Co

MN. 1989. 3 different certificates. 1) Unique approval model or mockup. Odd shs, blue border. Statue of Liberty flanked by big modern city and open co

DE. 1971. Proof. 1). 100 shs, red, common. Proof on light brown paper. Unique. 2). Large format photograph with painting touchups of vignette of build

DE. 1971. Proof. Vignette of building and Rutherford B. Hayes. SCBNC. XF.

DE. 1960-1980's. 1)-2) Bache & Co. Incorporated. Specimen stock certificates. 100 shares with green border and > than 100 shares with blu...

NY. 1985. Specimen. 3 different certificates. Vignette of angel with wires and 2 globes. 1) Odd shs, Common Stock. Green. 2) Odd shs. Preferred stock

DE. 1987. 1). Odd shs, Preferred Stock Series A, green. Proof model or mockup for stock certificate. Unique. 2). Odd shs, Common, green. Proof of prev

DE. Odd depositary shs. Purple. Text states "Chase Mellon Shareholders Services, LLC, a limited liability company..." Vignette of angel wi...

DE. 1973. Specimen. Odd shs. Common Stock. Green. No vignette. Warren Buffett facsimile signature. Rare certificate. A modern rarity. ABNC. XF.

DE. 1998. Specimen. Odd shs, Class A Common stock. Allegorical woman with torch and globe. Green border. Rare certificate. A single share briefly reac

DE. 1998. Specimen. Odd shs, Class B Common stock. Allegorical women with torch and globe. Blue border. Scarce certificate. Facsimile signature of War

DE. 1995-96. Unique proof of the text, title and vignette without borders of the Class B common stock. XF.

DE. 1988. Specimen. $ odd. Registered 10% Debenture Due 2018, Blue. Eagle vignette. Warren Buffett facsimile signature. Rare cartificate. ABNC. XF.

DE. 1988. Specimen. $ odd. Registered 9 3/4% Debenture Due 2018. Green. Eagle vignette. Warren Buffett facsimile signature. Rare certificate. ABNC. XF

DE. 1996. Specimen. Odd shs. Temporary Certificate. Class B Common Stock. Facsimile signature of Warren Buffett signature. Rare certificate SC-USBNC.

PA. 1984. Production File. Production File. 1) Mounted proof or mockup of Bond School certificate; bond border. 2) Mockup of Bond School certificate t

1937-1971. Specimen. 11 different specimen raffle tickets from the annual "Field Day". 1-4). Booklet of 4 different raffle ticket specimen...

DE. 2 different stock certificates. 1) Charles Schwab Corporation. Temporary Certificate. Odd shs, blue border. 2) Ameritrade Holding Corp. Odd shs, g

DE. 1986. Specimen. Bond specimen.$ odd, 6% Due 2011. Vignette company logo with cartoon face of Crazy Eddie on yellow background. Blue border. Rare c

DE. 1984. Specimen. Odd shs, Common Stock. Blue. Cartoon character of "Crazy Eddie". In 1989, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed...

DE. 1986. Specimen. $ odd. Registered 6% Convertible Bond due 2011. Blue. Cartoon character of "Crazy Eddie". I Extremely rare bond that i...

Detroit, MI. 1926. Proof. Stock Exchange Membership Certificate. Foxing and water stained with wrinkles. Unique proof from archive. SBNC. Good.

DE. Proof. Vignette of colonial American standing on right. Missing border and denomination. Printed on white paper. 2 found in archive. XF.

1980-1990's. Artwork. 12.5 by 19 inch pen and ink drawing of "George Washington" standing vignette used on the stock certificate of th...

DE. 1960-70. Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1) odd shs, common, green. Vignette of Woman with Globe. 2) $ odd, 9 1/4% note due 1992, blue. Eagle

NY. 1980's. 1)-2) Specimen stock certificates. Odd shares. Vignette of lion and of allegorical figures. Purple borders. 3) Registered 7 3/8% bon...

DE. 1960-70's. Specimen. Odd shs. Common Foreign Share Certificate. Blue. Woman dressed as pioneer holding hands with a male Chippendale dancer ...