ASIA + AFRICA Co. SHARE CERTIFICATE 1000- GERMAN DUCATs - 1871

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IMPERIAL
ASIA + AFRICA COMPANY SHARE CERTIFICATE
1000- GERMAN DUCATs - 1871 - NOT CANCELLED
ISSUED IN ANTWERP (BELGIUM) 1st October
1781
FOUR QUARTER PAYMENTS OF 250- GERMAN DUCATs CERTIFIED BELOW
PRINTED IN FRENCH, THE DIPLOMATIC LANGUAGE OF THE PERIOD
ALL THOSE EARLY AND FAMOUS
EAST-INDIA TRADING COMPANIES
WERE DOMICILED
IN THE CITIES OF AMSTERDAM +
ANTWERP.
THE AEREA WAS UNITED BY THE SAME LANGUAGE (DUTCH) AND DUE TO VARIOUS ONGOING REVOLUTIONS (which have a habit of ending in hyperinflation) THE GERMAN DUCAT WAS THE CURRENCY
OF CHOICE FOR THOSE NOT TRUSTING IN HOT AIR AND BROTHERLY EQUALITY.
INTERESTINGLY
AFRICA
WAS ALSO AN INTENDED TRADING AEREA FOR THIS COMPANY.
A SMART MOVE AS SHIPPING DISTANCES WERE MUCH SHORTER.
THE ENGLISH & FRENCH COMPETITION BOYCOTTED THE COMPANY AND
A FAILED TRADING EXPEDITION TO
CHINA
INDUCED THE COMPANY TO EARLY FINANCIAL RUIN.
THUS SCARCE!
SUPERB CONDITION FOR A CIRCULATING BEARER SHARE CERTIFICATE OF SUCH AGE.
OLD FASHIONED HAND LAID PAPER - every sheet was poured and later printed individually - WITH THOSE TYPICAL UNEVEN EDGES. ALL SIGNATURES ORIGINALLY MADE BY HAND.
GOOD BRIGHT COLOUR WITHOUT ANY IMPAIRMENTS. ONE FOLD. NO INK EROSION, NO TEARS, NO TAPE.
230 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR
TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THIS COMPANY
DID NOT
TRADE IN
DRUGS (OPIUM) OR SLAVES AS DID THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH COMPETITION.