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Auction: 15019 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 286

Erzgebirgischer Steinkohlen-Actien-Verein, Schedewitz, 1000 marks share, 1 June 1885, black, very decorative design with ornate border and five vignettes with two conveyor cages, stones and two antique caldrons, embossed seal with miner, generally fine to very fine. (84)

Founded in 1840, the company was located in Schedewitz, today a city district of Zwickau. This city is well known as the city of automobiles due to car makers such as Horch, Audi, Auto Union, Trabant and Volkswagen. Zwickau has a 800 year long mining history as it is situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge mountains. The company's operations were the production of black coal, coke, benzene, tar, sand, gravel and clay.

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Estimate
£600 to £800