American Bank Note Co. Signed by A.G. Goodall - 1882 dated Stock Certificate
Inv# ABN1069 Stock
Stock for the American Bank Note Company Consolidation agreement Scrip. Signed by A.G. Goodall as president and T.H. Freeland as secretary. Only 1 found! Rare! Great coloring!
Albert Gallatin Goodall, engraver born Oct. 31, 1826 in Montgomery, Alabama. He served as midshipman in the Texas navy during the Mexican-Texan war. He went to Havana, Cuba in 1844 and learned copperplate engraving. He established himself as a banknote engraver in Philadelphia in 1848. He associated with a company which merged to form American Bank Note Company in 1858. He was president of this company 1874 to 1887. Goodall visited several European and South American countries to obtain foreign contracts for the firm.
Theodore H. Freeland, President of American Bank Note Company 1903-1906, Chairman, 1906-1911. Further research needed.
A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.
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