Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway Company of Iowa 1887 dated $1,000 Specimen Bond - Specimen Stocks and Bonds

Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firm’s products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.