Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

Cert. #1046, issued for 3 shares. State seal at center with cherubs around mine portal at top right and Niagara Falls at top left. This certificate is

Two certificates. The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly o

Two certificates. 1. #34963, I/C, 5 shares $100 par, issued Oct 30, 1865. Signed president (illegible), Black, vignette top train passing over ca

Stocks from four different Chicago rails. 1) Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co., seven partially issued certificates, different styles and c...

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago.

Three, issued and cancelled bonds from the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Includes 1st Mortgage bond, $1,000, issued 1862, payable 1893; Inco...

Group of common share certificates from this Indiana railroad company. Stocks issued in 1888, 1896, 1899, 1945 and 1957. All are pen or hole cxled. or

Three Specimen certificates including one orange and one brown Class A Common Specimens, along with a crimson Class B Specimen. Vignettes of a seated

Cert. #B33, issued for 100 shares to Clarence A. Knight in 1902 and signed by the company officers. Engine #25 runs left to right passing another rail

Three preferred stock certificates issued between 1937 and 1946. Two red orange and one orange certificate. All have a vignette of a brakeman and cond

Cert. #506, issued for 26 shares in 1855.Shares were $50 Each. Issued to Robert M. Moore and signed by Caleb B. Smith as president. Smith was an India

Four bonds and four stocks from this rail. A common stock issued in 1881 and signed by M.E. Ingalls as president. Ingalls created the "Big Four...

Bond certificate #160, Income Bond w. bearer coupons, $500, 10%, 6 yr. issued 1853, maturing in 1859. Large vignette of a train running r-l behind a t

Cert. #565, issued for 5 shares in 1854 to Lillius L. Harding and signed by Caleb B. Smith as president and Thomas B. Sample as secretary. Caleb Smith

Two common stock certificates plus two scrip certificates. Includes: Cert. #1656, issued in 1855 for 1 share. Train runs r-l vignette, black on white,

Unissued common stock certificate from the Evansville & Richmond Railroad Company. Incorporated in Indiana. Train runs left to right. Would have...

Includes: Cert. #22, issued in 1881 for 100 preferred shares. Train running l-r. The railroad changed it's name from Evansville & Crawfordsv...

Although this certificate is unissued, it is rare. Cox shows I/C examples from this railroad that have sold at very high prices. No unissued certifica

Nine certificates in this mixed lot from the two states. Six stocks and three bonds from rails including Columbus, Hope & Greensburg R.R., Evans...

Five certificates. 1. Two Knox and Lincoln Railroad incorp. 1891 state of Maine. #330, I/U, One shares $100 par issued March 12, 1877 signed Olivo