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Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad - $20 1886 dated Railway Gold Bond Scrip - Extremely Rare

Inv# RB5601   Bond
State(s): Illinois
Kansas
Years: 1886
Color: Black and Red

$20 Gold Bond Scrip. American Bank Note Co., NY & Boston. Neat small hole cancellations. This railroad operated from 1886 to 1901 then became part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, which was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States.

The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at various times, it operated an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway, and the fleet of Santa Fe Railroad Tugboats. Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The AT&SF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer's "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written for the film The Harvey Girls (1946). The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway

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A bond is a document of title for a loan. Bonds are issued, not only by businesses, but also by national, state or city governments, or other public bodies, or sometimes by individuals. Bonds are a loan to the company or other body. They are normally repayable within a stated period of time. Bonds earn interest at a fixed rate, which must usually be paid by the undertaking regardless of its financial results. A bondholder is a creditor of the undertaking.

Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: $125.00