Beautifully engraved first mortgage bond Certificate from the Stafford Meadow Coal Iron City Improvement Company of Scranton Pennsylvania issued in 1858 printed by T. Sinclair. Vignettes include Pennsylvania state seal, woman holding wheat, woman with stars and stripes shield on a dock with sailboat in background, man with stars and stripes shield, portrait of George Washington, Native American, woman holding a spear and bow and woman holding scales of justice. The company was incorporated in Pennsylvania. The bond was hand signed by its president (Thomas P. Remington) and Secretary (Chas. R. Coane) and is over 159 years old.