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NV - Big Creek,Lander County - 1863 - North Central Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
NV - Big Creek,Lander County - 1863 - North Central Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Incorporated in July, 1863. No. 102 issued on October 20, 1863 to John Panee for 50 shares. Signed by secretary G. E. Sch[illegible] and president H. John B[illegible]. One vignette of a railroad at the center of the stock. The border is black. The text is black. There is an under print that reads "Great Central Ledge." The safety print is purple. U/C. Measures 9.5"x5". Along the left hand side of the stock is a red, twenty-five cent Bond (R 43, R 4) U. S. revenue stamp, hand cancelled and dated October 20, 1863. Signatures on the stock have started to fade. The print on the back of the certificate is beginning to show through. Very minimal wear on the edges. Since the time of it's initial discovery, mines at Big Creek have moved on to a different kind of mining: microscopic gold. Due to this, in recent years, the amount of profit from these mines has doubled [Hall, Romancing Nevada's Past, 1994].