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Auction: 9027 - Bonds & Shares of the World
Lot: 197

Keyserlyche Indische Compagnie, certificate for one share of 1000 gulden, 1723, number 4261, vignette of company arms at top, black, signatures of four directors, text details first instalment of 250 gulden, with endorsements showing further 3 installments in 1723, 1724 and 1725 making the share fully paid, good very fine. The company was formed by Flemish businessmen and had a charter for 30 years trading to the East and West Indies. The shares were heavily oversubscribed and the company´s initial trading was very successful, paying nearly twice the share capital in dividends in its first year. The major powers of Europe felt threatened by the company´s success and it was forced into liquidation under the Treaty of Vienna of 1731. Estimate £ 280

Sold for
£220