Denver Stock Exchange Collectable Certificates

Whether it be on Wall Street, Broad Street, or Main Street the business of trading stock has been transacted in many places over the last 200-plus years in the United States.

These stock certificates are sometimes historically significant and in many cases are works of art. Scripophily (the collecting of stock and bond certificates) has become one of the fastest growing and most interestingly diverse forms of collecting....and its popularity is felt worldwide!

What many collectors do not realize is that the paper stock certificate is quickly becoming a thing of the past. In its place stock ownership will be strictly "book entry" . In other words, ownership in a company will be recorded in electronic form rather than the creation of a physical, paper stock certificate. Therefore, even the more modern certificates that may seem senseless to collect from a historical standpoint, will become more valuable and historical in the very near future as corporations wean themselves away from issuing paper certificates. Several companies (AT&T, for example) have already stopped issuing physical certificates. Moreover, the artistry and color of some modern certificates is truly magnificent and should not be overlooked.

A "collectable" stock certificate can have many definitions. It is based primarily on the imagination of you, the collector. If you can think of a theme, you can collect it in stock certificates. The collectable certificates presented below are generally of the "modern" era (1930's - present) and are collectable for the artwork on the certificate (the vignette) or the company they represent.

The Denver Stock Exchange encourages the preservation of the financial history of Wall Street and presents the following collectable stock certificates for your collection.

Collectable Certificate Catalogue

1930 to Present

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American Bank Note Company

Issued / Cancelled, 1958 [ABN Co.]

A great certificate from the company that has produced millions of such certificates! Fine condition; A very crisp certificate with very minor cancellation holes and no vertical certificate folds.

Offered at: $8

Item #CC27024 SOLD!

American Telephone and Telegraph

Issued / Cancelled, 1964 [ABN Co.]

An American Telecommunications icon! AT&T recently announced that it would cease to issue physical stock certificates to its shareholders. All shares will now be held electronically, so no additional paper certificates will be created. This is the first of many announcements of this kind that will come in the near future. Wall street is moving toward paper-less stock ownership! Certificate is in fine condition.

Offered at: $10

Item #CC27009 SOLD!

AMTEL, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1976 [ABN Co.]

A nice certificate from a long-gone telecommunications giant. Very good condition with normal staple holes, top-center.

Offered at: $8

Item #CC27018 SOLD!

A. P. W. Products Company, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1951 [ABN Co.]

Certificate is issued to E. F. Hutton & Co. Remember when they used to talk and people listened?

Certificate is in good condition with moderate folds & wrinkling.

Offered at: $6

Item #CC27013 SOLD!

Brandywine Sports, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1979 [ABN Co.]

A great racing horse and carriage vignette!

Certificate in very good condition with normal staple holes.

Offered at: $12

Item #CC27026 SOLD!

Caesars World, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1979 [ABN Co.]

Famous Las Vegas casino giant!

Condition: Very Fine(VF)

Offered at: $15 Newly Listed!

Item #CC27031 Order Now!

Centura Banks, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1996 [US Banknote Co.]

A great banking vignette. A popular and well illustrated finance related certificate.

Certificate in fine condition with normal staple holes.

Offered at: $12

Item #CC27029 SOLD!

General Foods Corporation

Issued / Cancelled, 1966 [ABN Co.]

An American food and beverage industry icon.

Condition: Very Fine (VF)

Offered at: $12

Item #CC27019 Order Now!

Enlargement of NY Skyline vignette

Glenborough Realty Trust Incorporated

New York Skyline vignette - Statue of Liberty & World Trade Center Buildings

Issued / Cancelled, 1996 [ABN Co.]

A wonderful vignette of the New York Skyline including the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center Buildings. A nice piece to commemorate the World Trade Center. Condition: Very Fine (VF)

Offered at: $10 Newly Listed!

Item #CC27032 Order Now!

Hydrocarbon Chemicals, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1961 [Sec-Col BN Co.]

Nice vignette of laboratory tanks. Very good condition with moderate folds and staple holes.

Offered at: $6

Item #CC27011 Order Now!

Jantzen, Inc.

Issued / Cancelled, 1978 [JBN Co.]

A great modern certificate with heavy scroll work on left border surrounding diving woman and beach scene vignette on top of certificate. Fine condition.

Offered at: $12

Item #CC27014 Order Now!

Ronson Corporation

Issued / Cancelled, 1967

Printer: E. A. Wright Banknote Co.

The Ronson Corporation is a well-known lighter manufacturer.

Certificate in fine condition.

Offered at: $12 Newly Listed!

Item #CC27030 Order Now!

Sperry Corporation

Issued / Cancelled, 1954

Printer: Security Banknote Co. Incorporated in Delaware.

Very attractive vignette of ship, airplane (nautical & aeronautical), and instruments adorn this certificate. This Sperry Corporation certificate is not often seen offered and is highly collectable.

See a close-up of the vignette.

Certificate is in fine condition.

Offered at: $35 Newly Listed!

Item #CC27027 Order Now!

Utility Equities Corporation

Issued / Cancelled, 1931 [ABN Co.]

Issued October 24th, just 2 years after the stock market crash of 1929 and the start of the Great Depression. A very nice Depression Era piece of financial history. Certificate is in very good condition with normal certificate folds and staple holes.

Offered at: $8

Item #CC27021 Order Now!

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