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British-American Gold Mining & Trading Company Stock, 1898 [169072]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
British-American Gold Mining & Trading Company Stock, 1898    [169072]
SOLD
100.00USDto u******i+ buyer's premium (25.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Dec 10 @ 10:52UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

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No. 3273 for n250 shares to Jas L. Hall. Dated Apr 5, 1898. Certificate offering an investment in as yet unknown Alaska and Yukon gold properties. This company appears to be a classic mail stock swindle. It is designed in the same manner as a British bond, but is entirely a US operation. They were based in Baltimore, but advertised in small newspapers in the east and mid-west. Their advertisements made no claim of any property ownership, leasing or production. This was issued right on the onset of the Alaska-Yukon gold rush of 1898 when rich gold was found in Nome beach sand. Herzog Collection. Alaska United States of America