Stock certificate for 100 shares in El Dorado South Consolidated Mining Co.
date: label: Date
content: 1878
name: label: Designed by
content: Grafton Tyler Brown, American, 1841 - 1918
label: Subject of
content: El Dorado South Consolidated Mining Company, American, founded 1872
notes: label: Description
content: This is a rectangular off-white paper stock certificate for one hundred shares in the El Dorado South Consolidated Mining Company.
label: Description
content: Obverse: Bordered by a thick line with a double serrated edge and scrolls at the corners, theis certificate has the compnay name in the top center of the page that reads "EL DORADO SOUTH/ CONSOLIDATED MINING/ COMPANY/ San Francisco." Handwritten in ink is the date "Aug 29th 1878." The line following reads "[in printed caligraphy]This Certifies that [handwritten in ink] James Coffin Trustee is/ entitled to [handwritten]One hundred [in printed caligraphy] shares in the Capital Stock of the/ EL DORADO SOUTH CONSOLIDATED MINING CO./ Tranferable on the books of the Company by endorsement heron and surrendering this Certificate." There are two oval roundels in the upper corners, surrounded by decorative foliate scrolling. The upper left roundel has the words "NUMBER/ 3496" and the upper right reads "100/SHARES." At the bottom center
label: Description
content: of the certificate are the words "INCORPORATED/ APRIL 9th/ 1872/ Belmont NYE COUNTY, NEV." There is decorative design on the lower left side. At the botton margin, tothe left of center is the signature "L.[?]A. Sankey" and to the right of center bottom margin is the signature "John Gray."
label: Description
content: Reverse: back "signed james coffin"
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.240.2
objectType: label: Type
content: stock certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 1/8 × 9 1/4 in. (10.5 × 23.5 cm)