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Scripophily
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Scripophily
Collecting stock and bond certificates for their scarcity, rather than for their value as securities.
Scripophily
The hobby or practice of collecting expired or antique bond and stock certificates. These certificates can be valuable to the study of economic history and often have value themselves as collectibles.
scripophily
The collecting of old securities certificates. Certificates are often valuable as collectors' items apart from any redemption value they may have.

Scripophily. Scripophily is the practice of collecting antique stocks, bonds, and other securities.

The most valuable documents are usually the most beautiful, or those that have some historical significance because of the role the issuing company played in the economy. Sometimes those with distinctive errors are also especially valuable.
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The kinds of stocks and bonds I deal with represent insight into financial history People like me who buy them are scripophilists, collectors of historical stock and bond certificates.
The last word by Segall, Linda / Journal of Accountancy
Or perhaps it was finally finding a share certificate - the things scripophilists collect - that I could afford in the antiques fair that had brought us to the town.
antiques: Bringing back memories of steam by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
SCRIPOPHILISTS collect antique bond and share certificates.
Auction action by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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