AT&T $10,000 Specimen Bond Certificate - American Telephone and Telegraph Co.

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This AT&T $10,000 Specimen Bond Certificate is from 1946. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) was established by the American Bell company in 1885 to provide nation wide long distance. In 1899 AT&T became the parent company of both American Bell and Bell Systems. During most of the 1900's AT&T held a monopoly in long distance phone services in the U.S. and Canada getting the nick name of Ma Bell. The company was broken up in 1984 due to violations of anti-trust law. During this time the company was broken up into the 7 baby bells.

Add to the Dow Jones Industrial Average October 4, 1916.

Specimen stock certificates are certificates that were archived by printers and the company as perfect examples of the company’s stock issue. Specimen’s can be identified by their “specimen” stamp, stamped holes spelling “specimen”, or they are often issued with a serial number of a series of zeros. Often, they are also issued with no serial number at all. Specimens can also represent a design that was never issued. All of these attributes make the specimen stock certificate rarer than the issued version of the share. Many enthusiasts collect specimens as a whole new category of Scripophily.