2008 Scripophily.com Calendar Stock Certificate

Beautifully engraved 2008 Stock Calendar Certificate from Scripophily.com. This historic document was printed by the Midwest Bank Note Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an Old West Frontier Explorer overlooking a valley with a train in the background. This limited edition commemorative certificate has a 2008 monthly calendar overprint and has the printed signatures of the Company’s President and Treasurer.


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Scripophily.com - The Gift of History , is the Internet's #1 Buyer and Seller of collectible stock and bond certificates and other old paper items. The company also provides research information on old stocks and companies.

Scripophily.com has been buying and selling collectible stock and bond certificates since 1990. Scripophily opened its virtual doors in January 1996 with a mission to use the Internet to transform the collecting stock and bond certificates as the fastest, easiest, and most enjoyable shopping experience possible. While their customer base and product offerings have grown considerably over the past 11 Years, the company still maintains the founding commitment to customer satisfaction and the delivery of an inspiring shopping experience.

Today, Scripophily.com is the place to find and discover the Gift of History about past and present companies. The company has thousands of satisfied customers and a Multi Million Dollar Inventory with over 11,500 Selections and are adding more selections on a regular basis.

SCRIPOPHILY (scrip-af-il-ly), the collecting of canceled old stocks and bonds, gained recognition as a hobby around the mid-1970s. The word resulted combining words from English and Greek. The word "scrip" represents an ownership right and the word "philos" means to love. Today there are thousands of collectors worldwide in search of scarce, rare, and popular stocks and bonds.

Stock Calendar (TM) - All Rights Reserved. © 1996 - 2007 Scripophily .com ® - Concept and design are protected under U.S. Trademark and Copyright laws.

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About Specimen Certificates

Specimen Certificates are actual certificates that have never been issued. They were usually kept by the printers in their permanent archives as their only example of a particular certificate. Sometimes you will see a hand stamp on the certificate that says "Do not remove from file".

Specimens were also used to show prospective clients different types of certificate designs that were available. Specimen certificates are usually much scarcer than issued certificates. In fact, many times they are the only way to get a certificate for a particular company because the issued certificates were redeemed and destroyed. In a few instances, Specimen certificates were made for a company but were never used because a different design was chosen by the company.

These certificates are normally stamped "Specimen" or they have small holes spelling the word specimen. Most of the time they don't have a serial number, or they have a serial number of 00000. This is an exciting sector of the hobby that has grown in popularity over the past several years.