Forty Wall Street Corporation - New York 1929

Beautifully engraved RARE Sinking Fund Gold Bond Specimen Certificate from the Forty Wall Street Corporation (Manhattan Company Building) dated November 1, 1929 . This historic document was printed by American Bank Note Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the allegorical figures. This item is dated one week after the stock market crash and is over 76 years old. This is the first time we have had this for sale and we only have one.








Certificate Vignette

Forty Wall Street ( Originally the Manhattan Company Building) was completed in 11 months, a record-breaking feat for a building containing nearly one million square feet of floor space. - This tower was once part of a celebrated three-way race to become the tallest building in the world. - Despite its height, the skyscraper loses much of its impact because it is a midblock site, situated next to the mighty Greek Revival Federal Hall National Memorial. - Briefly held the world's tallest title until it was eclipsed by the spire of Chrysler Building. - The Trump Organization acquired the building as a speculative venture in 1995, and the block-through lobby was renovated by Der Scutt Architects. - Is often called the "Crown Jewel of Wall Street".

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About Specimens

Specimen Certificates are actual certificates that have never been issued. They were usually kept by the printers in their permanent archives as their only example of a particular certificate. Sometimes you will see a hand stamp on the certificate that says "Do not remove from file".

Specimens were also used to show prospective clients different types of certificate designs that were available. Specimen certificates are usually much scarcer than issued certificates. In fact, many times they are the only way to get a certificate for a particular company because the issued certificates were redeemed and destroyed. In a few instances, Specimen certificates we made for a company but were never used because a different design was chosen by the company.

These certificates are normally stamped "Specimen" or they have small holes spelling the word specimen. Most of the time they don't have a serial number, or they have a serial number of 00000. This is an exciting sector of the hobby that grown in popularity and realized nice appreciation in value over the past several years.