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Auction: 15019 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 278

Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin-Siemensstadt, 700 Reichsmark preference share, June 1939, blue and black, ornate border, generally good very fine to extremely fine. (26)

In 1847 Ernst Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske founded their company "Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske". It specialised in manufacturing electrical telegraphs according to Charles Wheatstone's patent of 1837. In 1848, the company constructed one of the first European telegraph lines from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main. Siemens & Halske quickly expanded and its rise was supported by Werner von Siemens' patent of the electrical generator (dynamo) in 1867. Finally it became part of the world-famous Siemens AG.

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Estimate
£400 to £500