Keystone Telephone Company of Philadelphia $1000 Specimen Gold Bond

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Keystone Telephone Company of Philadelphia $1000 Specimen Gold Bond - RARE

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This rare Keystone Telephone Company of Philadelphia $1000 Specimen Gold Bond certificate is from 1926. Keystone Telephone began in 1900 when U.S. Representative from Philadelphia Robert H. Foerderer launched the company to compete with Alexander Graham Bell's telephone system. At its peak it operated seven exchanges and was advertised as the fasted telephone in Philly because it only required a 5 digit number as opposed to Bell's 7. Bell and Keystone competed for years until finally, Bell bought Keystone Telephone in 1944.

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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.