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Durham Coal and Iron Co. - $1,000 North Carolina Specimen Bond

Inv# SE3947   Specimen Bond
State(s): New York
North Carolina
Years: 1911

$1,000 5% Specimen Bond printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. Full page of coupons remain. Rare! In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Durham, Georgia, was known as a booming coal-mining town. The Durham Coal and Iron Company was a major supplier of coal for many Chattanooga industries. However, during the 1940s and 50s, the Durham mines closed.

Condition: Excellent

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.

Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
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