Pabst Brewing Company - Image of King Gambrinus holding a flagon of beer - 1983

Beautiful engraved cancelled stock certificate from the Pabst Brewing Company issued in 1983. This historic document was printed by United States Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a King Gambrinus with a white cape holding a flagon of beer in his right hand. The figure wears black boots, a studded belt, and a crown. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s Chairman and Secretary and is over 32 years old. Small holes in upper left corner of certificate


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The Pabst Brewing Company is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and by 1889 named after Frederick Pabst. It is currently the holding company contracting for the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor from defunct companies including P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company, G. Heileman Brewing Company, Lone Star Brewing Company, Pearl Brewing Company, Piels Bros., National Brewing Company, Olympia Brewing Company, Falstaff Brewing Corporation, Primo Brewing & Malting Company, Rainier Brewing Company, F & M Schaefer Brewing Company, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company and Stroh Brewery Company.

The company is also responsible for the brewing of Ice Man Malt Liquor, St. Ides High Gravity Malt Liquor, and retail versions of beers from McSorley's Old Ale House and Southampton Publick House (of Southampton, New York).

Pabst is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. On November 13, 2014, Pabst announced that it had completed its sale to Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings, LLC. Blue Ribbon is a partnership between American beer entrepreneur Eugene Kashper and TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco–based private equity firm. Prior reports suggested the price agreed upon was around $700 million.

History from Wikipedia, Encyberpedia and OldCompany.com (old stock certificate research service)