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Credito y Ahorro Ponceno S.A., 1897, 50 Pesos Specimen Bond.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:325.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 800.00 USD
Credito y Ahorro Ponceno S.A., 1897, 50 Pesos Specimen Bond.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1897. 50 Pesos. Specimen bond. Black on orange border and underprint, portrait of man on left, seated Mercury on right and lion vignettes on back, VF condition, Specimen overprints and POC's. ABNC. Rare Puerto Rico Bond. Banco CrŽdito y Ahorro Ponce–o (Ponce Credit and Savings Bank) was the first bank in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and one of the first two native Puerto Rican banks to be established in Puerto Rico. The bank was the first one to introduce a bank credit card to the Puerto Rican market. Founded in 1895, Banco CrŽdito built its own first banking structure in 1924 at Calle Marina and Callej—n Amor, in Ponce. This first branch office, located in what is today the Ponce Historic Zone, has since been declared historic and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Extremely rare bond with only 4 examples found in the ABN Archives in 2002.