Union Oil Company of California Specimen Bond Certificate

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Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) Specimen - 1911

Union Oil Company of California Specimen Bond Certificate - 1911

Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) Specimen Bond Certificate - 1911

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This Unocal Specimen Bond Certificate was from 1911. It was for $5000, paid 5% and was due in 1931. This gorgeous Union Oil Company Of California Specimen features a gushing oil well in the vignette They were also known as Unocal 76 with their large Orange 76 logo mounted high above their gas stations throughout the U.S.

Unocal was founded in 1890 in Santa Paula, CA through the merger of three other oil companies. These companies are unique because none of them were formed from the breakup of Standard Oil. In 2005 they merged with with Chevron.

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.