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Wells Fargo Mining Co. Stock Certificate #110847

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Wells Fargo Mining Co. Stock Certificate #110847
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This item SOLD at 2019 Dec 06 @ 11:50UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Stock certificate #2797, I/U, issued by the Wells Fargo Mining Company for 20 shares of capital stock, Jan 15, 1876. . Extremely rare with only 3 or 4 known. Vignette top stage coach w/four horse team, "W.F.Mining Co." on coach. Signed S.M. McDouglas President. Black. The certificate was designed by G.T. Brown, one of the first African-Americans lithographers to work on stocks and vignette designs in the West during the mid-to-late 19th Century. Brown is considered one of the first to produce illustrations of California and the Pacific Coast, as well as bird's-eye views of Virginia City. Although it had no connection to Wells Fargo & Company, the Wells Fargo Mining Company used the name and vignette to sell stock to hopeful buyers hoping to make it rich. Mining operations never took place. In EF condition. State: Nevada City: Virginia District Date: 1876