La Mina Henrietta Co. - 1902 dated Mining Stock Certificate - Likely Mexico - Beautiful Lion Vignette at Bottom Middle
Inv# AN1031 StockStock with great Lion vignette! Rare! Likely Mexican related location. Mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product in 2023 and employed 350,000 people in 2020. Mexico is the world's largest producer of silver and a globally significant producer of gold, copper and zinc. In 2020, Mexico produced the world's 12th largest volume of minerals by value. Since 2018, Mexico's left-wing president has been taking a firmer stance towards mining companies and reforming mining regulations. President López Obrador was critical of (the mostly foreign owner) the mining company's track record of environmental harm and tax avoidance. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Mexico
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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