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Hercules Powder Co. Proof Stock

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Hercules Powder Co. Proof Stock

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Auction Date:2010 Apr 15 @ 11:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
Location:Crowne Plaza Hotel. 401 South Van Brunt St, Englewood, New Jersey, 07631, United States
Delaware. 1915, Odd Shares. Proof stock certificate of vignette, title and text without border printed in black. Vignette of Hercules with large club. Printed on white paper. Laflin & Rand Powder Company collaborated with rival DuPont in 1882 and formed Hercules Powder. In 1902 DuPont purchased Laflin & Rand, operating it as a subsidiary. In 1912, a successful Federal antitrust suit against DuPont for its prior "Powder Trust" activities forced the company to dissolve Laflin & Rand and divest a portion of its explosives business into two newly created companies, the Hercules and Atlas Powder Companies. Rare explosives and gunpowder certificate.