American Bank Note Company Archives

PA. GA. 19- (ca. 1900-1920). Specimen. 1). American Cast Iron Pipe Company. Atlanta, Georgia. Odd shs, brown. Eagle on top and title written on a long

AL. 1900-1920's. Specimen. 7 different certificates. 1)-2) Brantley Manufacturing Co. Common Stock, red; Preferred Stock, green. Both with eagle...

GA. 1900-1920's. Stock specimens. Eagle Vignette with sunburst rays on top and U.S. flag and arrows in claws. 1) Odd shares capital stock, green...

Pittsburgh, PA. 1970-1983. 4 different certificates and 1 border proofs. All with allegorical men flanking company logo. 1) Unique approval model or m

OH. 1970-1980's. Specimen. 12 different certificates, 9 are shares and 3 are registered bonds. All have vignette of allegorical man holding a la...

OH. 1968-1979. Production File. Production File. 1) Approval model, Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. odd shares. Dated 1979. Brown border. Vign

OH. 1920-1940's. Specimen. 8 different. All with large vignette of steel being rolled into sheets and rolls. 4 different common and 4 different ...

OH. 1930-1940's. Vignette of workshop with machinery and coil springs. 1) Odd shares, brown. 2) Odd shares, red. 3) < 100 shares, blue. Extre...

Pittsburgh, PA. 1900-1910. Vignette of metal worker with ladle of iron. Odd shares, green border. Corporate seal is in the shape of an iron gear. J.R.

NJ. 1970-1979. 1) Proof bond. $ Odd. Vignette of steel mill flanked by allegorical figures. Vignette, title and text with no border. 2)to5) Specimen b

Cleveland, OH. 1920-50's. Production file specimen and proof certificates. All are with eagle vignettes. 1)to3) Stock specimens. < 100 shares...

MO. 1976-1978. 2 different certificates. Both with allegorical woman sitting city and fields behind her. 1) Unique Approval model or mockup for &quo...

NY. 1980-1990's. Both odd shares and vignette of statue of liberty in front of globe. 1) Class A common stock, blue border. 2) Class B common st...

1950-1970's. Specimen. 9 different certificates including 5 share certificates and 4 registerd bonds. 1),2) Allegorical woman holding phone rece...

DE. 1980s. Specimen. 5 different certificates. 2 are from the 1930-1940's and the additional 3 are from the 1950-1960's. In 1888, Alexander ...

HI. 1961-1962. Specimen. 2 different bonds. Both are $ odd. 1) 1st Mortgage, 4 1/2%, Series N, $9,000,000, Due 1992. Blue border. 2) 1st Mortgage, 4 3

HI. 1970-80s. Specimen. Bond specimens, various issues. $ odd (5 different); $1000; $5000; $10,000; $ odd from same series. Various border colors with

Philadelphia, PA. 1920-1940. Specimen. 3 different stock certificates. All have vignette of stone slab with "Keystone System" chiseled int...

DE. 1981-83. Specimen. 5 different registered bonds. All with allegorical woman, globe and modern city. 1) 9?%, Red. 2) 10?%, Olive Green. 3) 12 7/8%,

MI. 1956-1960. All have vignette of stylized Lake Michigan with phone operator and ship visible. $100,000 with yellow border, $1000 with green border,

DE, GA, NV, CA. 1960-1990's. All odd shares. 1) US West, Inc., DE, vignette of 2 men and 2 women in front of city and mountains, green border. 2...

NY. 1958-1961. All are $1000 vertical coupon bonds. All have vignette of Alexander Graham Bell and Mr. Watson in workshop, flanked by allegorical figu

NJ. 1950-1956. All with vignette of Washington's Headquarters, Morristown, N.J., flanked by allegorical figures. 3 different registered bonds an...

De, AL. 1969-1983. Specimen. 11 different bonds. All with vignette of Alexander Graham Bell speaking on phone with map of outline of 5 different South

DE, AL, PA. 1970-1980's. Specimen. 5 different certificates. 1) Continental Telecom, Inc. Not More Than 100,000 shs, red border. 2) Continental ...

CO. 1971 and 1974. Specimen. 10 different registered bonds from 2 different series. All have vignette of young woman talking on the phone at left. 1)t

Colorado, 1977, 1978. Specimen. 10 different registered bonds from 2 different series. All have vignette of young woman talking on phone at left. 1)to

NY. 1976. 4 different certificates. 2 have seated allegorical woman facing forward and 2 have seated allegorical woman facing left. 1) Unique model or

WI. 1957-1963. 3 different bond specimens with coupons. All with vignette of allegorical man and woman flanking scene of colonial man with Native Amer

1930-1950's. Specimen. 4 different certificates. 1). National Telephone Company. $ odd. 4% registered bond, green, eagle. 2). Community Telephon...

RI, DE. 1920-1980's. 3 different certificates. 1)-2) Odd shs, Common, green border; Odd shs preferred, blue border. (ca. 1920-1940's). Both ...

DE. 1975-1978. Production file for Common Stock wtih model, proofs, specimens and correspondence. All certificates hae vignette of allegorical woman s

DE. 1966-1968. Production file for Common Stock with proofs, specimens and correspondence. All certificates have vignette of allegorical woman holding

PA. 1900-1940's. 1)-2) Thompson-Adams Leather Company. 190-. PA state arms. Odd common shares with green border. Odd preferred shares with brown...

France, USA. 1910-20. Specimen. English-French Bond. Eagle vignette, green. Evidently a $100 bond that is convertible to 10 shares of stock at holders

DE. 1977. Specimen. 4 different registered bonds and archival photocopies that are punch specimen cancelled. All are 6 1/2% Sinking Fund Debentures Du

NY. 1900-1920. Specimen. 3 different specimen certificates. All certificates with allegorical woman and child watching doves. 1). 100 shs, common stoc

NY. 1940-50. Specimen. 2 different. Both with allegorical men flanking tobacco plant. < than 100 shs, green; 100 shs, brown. Scarce cigar pair. A...

DE. 1990's. Proofs. 3 different proof stock certificates. All odd shares. 1) Consolidated Cigar Holdings, Inc., vignette of puritans. Vignette, ...

DE. 1971. Mockup. $1,000, Registered Bond, Green. Allegorical woman holding globe and man flank "RJR" logo. Unique Approval production moc...

DE. 1987. 1) Model or mockup for $ odd, 8 3/8% Registered Bond in green. Vignette of a man and woman in front of map and different packaged production

PA. 1950. 2 different certificates. Both have vignette of Daniel Webster with tobacco field on left and warehouse with bales of tobacco on right. 1) S

DE. 1960-1990's. All odd shares. 1) Toys "R" Us, Inc., vignette of allegorical woman with cartoon giraffe mascot, orange border. 2) To...

NY. 1962. Production proof of the famous toy train marker. Vignette of young boy wearing engineers hat with bandana around his neck playing with a die

MN. 1968-1973. Specimen. 2 different certificates. 1). Odd shs, blue. Vignette of Tonka logo in red and yellow. 2). > than 100 shs, red. Vignette...

MN. 1973-1988. Specimen. 5 different certificates. 1). < than 100 shs, blue. Vignette of Tonka logo on left and allegorical woman flanked by glob...

RI, MN, Bermuda. 1970-1990's. Specimen. 1) Universal matchbox Group Ltd. 2) Tonka Corporation. 3) Hasbro, Inc. Vignette of dancing man in tuxedo...

DE. 1978, 1981. Included in this production file are the following certificates. 1) The original model or mockup for the 1978 original stock certifica

PA. 1960-1970's. 3 different certificates. All have vignette of company logo with capital letter T as cartoon character. 100 shares with olive b...

Bermuda. 1985. Specimen. Odd shs, blue. Logo trademark of Matchbox. Universal Toys merged with Matchbox in 1985 to form Universal Matchbox Group Ltd.