Antique 1913 New York Central Railroad $1,000 Bond 🚂 Payable in Gold Coin, 4.5% Refunding & Improvement Mortgage, Grand Central Terminal protest_ephemera a thirty-second commercial introduced America

a thirty-second commercial introduced America to a quartet of anthropomorphic raisins in sunglasses and sneakers

because it is a genuine characteristic of the piece and part of its age

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a company that could issue a bond explicitly backed by gold coin — and be believed — was making a real statement about its financial strength

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Antique 1913 New York Central Railroad $1,000 Bond 🚂 Payable in Gold Coin, 4.5% Refunding & Improvement Mortgage, Grand Central Terminal protest_ephemera a thirty-second commercial introduced AmericaA Bond That Outlived the Railroad That Signed It Some sheets of engraved paper carry more history in their scrollwork than a shelf of textbooks. This is one of them. It is an original New York Central Railroad Company gold bond, dated October 1, 1913 the very year the great marble concourse of Grand Central Terminal opened its doors to a public that had never seen anything quite like it. We are Vintage and Antique Gifts, and pieces like this are