122. 1853. CINCINNATI, WILMINGTON AND ZANESVILLE RAIL ROAD COMPANY. $50.
Name: Cincinnati Wilmigton and Zanesville Railroad Company.
Date: 13 X 1853
Signature: pen
Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm
Coupons: no
Category: Railroad
Condition: VF-
Denomination: 50 Dollars
Description: EXCEPTIONAL VALUE FROM OVER 170 YEARS AGO. STOCK OF ONE OF THE USA RAILROAD COMPANIES FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. THE COMPANY TO BUILD THE LINE WAS FOUNDED IN 1851. ITS GOAL WAS TO BUILD A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITIES OF MORROW AND ZANESVILLE, WHICH IT SUCCEEDED IN 1856. EARLIER THE LINE HAD REACHED WILMINGTON. THE LINE UNDER THIS NAME OPERATED ONLY UNTIL 1864, WHEN IT WAS CHANGED TO CINCINNATTI ZANSEVILLE. IN 1873, IN TURN, IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PITTSBURGH AND CINCINNATTI RAILROAD SYSTEM. BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE MOTIFS WITH BORDERING ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH GEOMETRIC AND FLORAL SHAPES. TOP VIGNETTE WITH A MOVING TRAIN AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF STATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. ON THE BOTTOM VIGNETTE AN ARMORED SAFE WITH A BAG OF COINS LYING NEXT TO IT. ON THE CYLINDER, OF COURSE, THE SIGNATURE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE LINE. A UNIQUE TESTIMONY TO THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. CIVIL WAR RAILROAD.
