Beautiful old stock certificate from the People's Gold and Silver Mining Company - San Francisco, California 1865.  This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an old mining building. This item has the signatures of the Company’s President and Secretary.

Mines in the Monitor District, Alpine County, California.

Mark Twain said You couldn't fool him into going into a highway robbery like tile "People's Gold and Silver Mining Company," 

Shown only for illustrative purposes.

History from RM Smythe stock certificate research service.