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Central Transportation Co., 1887, I/U Stock Certificate signed by Robert A. Pinkerton of the Pinkert

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Central Transportation Co., 1887, I/U Stock Certificate signed by Robert A. Pinkerton of the Pinkert
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575.00USDto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2023 May 23 @ 16:38UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1887. 37 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black on brown border and underprint, Ornate title, S/N 367, VF condition, Theo Leonhardt & Sons. Certificate is signed by Robert A. Pinkerton who was the Co-Director of the famed US private security firm the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Which was a precursor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation established in 1850 by Robert’s father Allan Pinkerton. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow and emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, where he established the largest private law enforcement organisation in the world. Pinkerton’s made its name apprehending a series of high profile train robbers in the 1850s and foiling an assassination attempt on the life of President elect Abraham Lincoln for which Allan Pinkerton was appointed the President’s personal security guard during the American Civil War.