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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 701

Webster County Coal & Land (IA) 1895. 980 shs. No.5. Fancy black border all around. Issued to and signed on the back by James J. Hill. IC. VF, stained along the left border.

While Hill´s autograph is occasionally encountered on proxy forms (priced well over $1,000) it is rarely seen on a stock certificate. The signature is bold and pleasing.James J. Hill was a Canadian-American railroad executive (1838-1916); known as the "Empire Builder" for laying the Great Northern Railway from St. Paul to Seattle.

Sold for
$4,750