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Auction: 9027 - Bonds & Shares of the World
Lot: 462

Consolidated Kent Collieries Corporation Ltd., bearer certificate for 25 shares of £1, 1901, no. 117, a lovely certificate printed by Waterlow & Sons, ornate border with vignettes of coal mine buildings at top, brown and black, text in English and French, with coupons, good very fine. Formed to take over 4 individual companies on the Kent coalfield, but consistent flooding in the shafts created a need for further capital which was not forthcoming. Kent Collieries Ltd. was formed to take over the mines. Estimate £ 60

Sold for
£60