Capital Cities ABC Specimen Stock Certificate

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Capital Cities / ABC, Inc. Specimen Stock Certificate

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This Capital Cities / ABC Inc. specimen stock certificate was printed in 1988. Capital Cities/ ABC Inc. is the result of the purchase of ABC by the much small Capital Cities Communications in 1985. It was later acquired by The Walt Disney Company and renamed the Disney-ABC Television Group.

This historic Capital Cities/ABC specimen stock certificate represents a troubled time for one of the big three communications companies.

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.