Safra Republic Holdings, S.A. - This Company issued 1,000 Year Bonds - Post-1993 dated Specimen Stock Certificate
Inv# SE3588 Specimen Stock
Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Safra Republic Holdings, S.A. ("Safra") are foreign banks for purposes of Rule 3a-6 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and may rely on the exclusion from the definition of investment company provided by that rule. Safra Republic Holdings issued $250 million of 1,000 year bonds in 1997, at a time when there were "a number of 100-year bond issues by corporations."Safra's banking interests catered to clients looking for tax havens in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Monaco. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_New_York#Safra_Republic_Holdings
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.
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