Auction: 9027 - Bonds & Shares of the World
Lot: 490
British Aluminium Co. Ltd., 5% Prior Lien debenture for £100, 19- (circa 1910), a specimen certificate from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archives, vignette of Kinlochleven works at top, blue, pink underprint, red circular Bradbury specimen stamp at bottom, with coupons, American style bond, extremely fine. Built between 1905-9, the Kinlochleven Aluminium works was the second smelter to be built by the company and included a hydro-electric power station, the largest of its kind at that time. The works closed in 2000. Estimate £ 75
Sold for
£50