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Auction: 324 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1373

Ocean Floating Safe Company (South Dakota) 1920. 5 shares. Issued, not cancelled. No.8045. Green borders, red seal. Safes bob safely in the ocean after ship sinks. VF+. Small edge split. Also included is a second Ocean Floating Safe, 1920, red and blue, eagle, VF+ [2].
The impetus for inventing the Ocean Floating Safe stemmed from the sinking of the Titanic, and Ocean Floating Safe Company surely had a boost in popularity after the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915.

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