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Scripophily is the study and collection of stock and bond certificates. [a] A specialized field of numismatics, scripophily has developed as an area of collecting because of the inherent beauty of certain historical certificates, and because of interest in the historical context of many of the documents.
Certificate for a share in Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation, Great Britain, 1808. In corporate law, a stock certificate (also known as certificate of stock or share certificate) is a legal document that certifies the legal interest (a bundle of several legal rights) of ownership of a specific number of shares (or, under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States, a ...
Old stock certificates from companies that no longer exist can also be a novelty item for collectors. While those certificates may yield no ownership value, they can have value as an antique or ...
AP Images; Rights Managed: 12,000,000+ Yes No Yes English Bridgeman Art Library: California Digital Library: California State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library Digital Collections Camera Press: Chicago Daily News (1902–1933), collection of over 55,000 images on glass plate negatives Depositphotos: Stock Images: 164,000,000+ (June 2020 ...
Coin collecting, sometimes called numismatics, can be more than a hobby for some. It can be a money-making investment. The same goes for collecting, saving or reselling old paper money. Learn: 5 ...
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A blank paper stock certificate for shares of a publicly traded company. Image source: Getty Images. On the other hand, forward-stock splits are used to decrease the nominal share price for a ...
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