Beautiful unissued stock certificate from the Specie Paying Gold & Silver Mining Copmany Company printed in the 1880's. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a desert scene with Saguaro Cactus and an overprint of $10 in gold print.
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Overprint The Specie Pay and Alice Claims were located in the Mineral Creek District. specie n 1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) coin money, as distinguished from bullion or paper money in specie a. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (of money) in coin b. in kind c. (Law) Law in the actual form specified[from the Latin phrase in speciç in kind] History from Wikipedia and OldCompany.com (old stock certificate research service)