{"product_id":"american-bank-note-company-lot-of-4-pieces","title":"American Bank Note Company (LOT OF 4 PIECES)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconImages.png?v=1710277886\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImages are representative of the pieces in the lot\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconOver50.png?v=1710280941\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 50 years old\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconCertificate.png?v=1710278413\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommon stock\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconCalendar.png?v=1710278857\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e1940's and 1950's\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconStatus.png?v=1710279229\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssued, canceled\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconPrinter.png?v=1710279432\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Bank Note Company (of course)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconSignatures.png?v=1710279777\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMachine printed signatures\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconSize.png?v=1710280091\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 1\/4\" (w) by 8 1\/4\" (h)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingIconAdditionalInfo.png?v=1710280285\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" width=\"66\" height=\"62\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBulk lot of 4 pieces\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe huge American Bank Note Company was formed from an association of seven competing companies in 1858 (Rawdon, Wright, Hatch \u0026amp; Edson; Toppan, Carpenter \u0026amp; Co; Danforth, Perkins \u0026amp; Co; Bald, Cousland \u0026amp; Co; Jocelyn, Draper, Welsh \u0026amp; Co; Wellstood, Hay \u0026amp; Whiting; John E. Gavit). In 1879, it merged with the National Bank Note Company and the Continental Bank Note Company. In 1911, it merged with the United Bank Note Company. These acquisitions and mergers continued as the ABN became the largest producer of financial paper in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause it employed the finest engravers, the images that ABNCo offered were of the highest and most durable quality. It created thousands of classic images after 1858, but continued to use images from all its ancestral companies. That is why you will find identical vignettes on many diffferent certificates with different engraving company imprints.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately for the company, paper stock and bond certificates were eventually supplanted by electronic trading. By the 1990s, all but a tiny percentage of security ownership had become a matter of electronic record. By 1999, the amount of global security and bank note printing had dropped so precipitously that the company ultimately had to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eRelated Collections\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/american-bank-note-company\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWAmericanBankNoteCo_480x480.png?v=1700841873\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/banking-finance\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWFinance.png?v=1696159570\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/famous-companies\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWFamousCompanies.png?v=1695909810\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ghosts of Wall Street","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46544346972408,"sku":"2242bulk1","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/2242bulk1.png?v=1750254941","url":"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/products\/american-bank-note-company-lot-of-4-pieces","provider":"Ghosts of Wall Street","version":"1.0","type":"link"}