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Auction: 15019 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 381

Italy: Soc. Anonima Italiana per L'Impianto e L'Esercizi del Giardino Zoologico in Roma, 100 lire shares, 1909, no.269, attractive certificate with range of wild animals at top including tigers, lions and rhinoceros, various other animals around the border, mauve and brown, with coupons, almost extremely fine.

The zoo was built on part of the Villa Borghese estate in Rome and opened in 1911. Following the War the zoo became run down but some renovation was done. The reptile house had to close in 1970 but was reopened in 1983. In recent years the zoo has been transformed into a Biopark with just over half of the funding coming from the City of Rome.

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Sold for
£210