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Auction: 319 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas
Lot: 3254

Calera Land Co. (AL), $100 shares, Calera 188[7], #177, vignette of steam train passing factory at top, ornate border, printed by J H Warner, black, red seal, uncancelled, small split on fold, VF.

Calera has long been known for it's lime production (calera is the spanish word for limestone), which remained it's primary industry. In the 1870's the town attempted to establish a colony of immigrants but was unsuccessful. A second and more successful attempt to develop the area was made in the 1880's by a group of businessmen from Montgomery who bought large areas of land and formed the Calera Land Company

Estimate
$100 to $150