The Rice Oil Company

Date

1918

Location

Delaware

Amount

$100

Signatures

  • — Sullivan
  • Charles A. Stoneham
  • George Graham Rice
  • J.R. Biggam

Description

This stock certificate (No. A7339) represents 100 shares valued at $1.00 each for the Rice Oil Company. It is signed by Company Vice-President George Graham Rice, a well known stock promoter and stock swindler nicknamed "The Jackal of Wall Street."

Notable Bond Imagery

At the top center a bald eagle with wings spread, perches on a rock. At the bottom left is the seal of the company.

Certificate with black, blue, and orange ink shows intricate bordering, lettering, a company seal, signatures and a vignette of an eagle
Backside shows legal language with dates, amounts, and signatures
Transcription
						The Rice Oil Company stock certificate reads:
Number A7339 | 100 Shares
Rice Oil Company
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware
Capital Stock $5,000,000; Shares $1.00 each.
Fully Paid and Non-Assessable
Registered by the Registrar and Transfer Company Jul 1 1918 by the Registrar and Secretary (illegible)
	This is to Certify that Chas. A. Stoneham & Co. is the owner of One Hundred shares of the Capital Stock of the Rice Oil Company, transferable only on the books of the Company by the holder thereof, in person or by attorney, on the surrender of this Certificate, properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless registered by the registrar.
	In Witness Whereof, the said Company has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed at New York City, New York, this 2 day of Jun A.D., 1918
Signed by the Asst. Secretary J. R. Biggam
Signed by the Vice President G. G. Rice

The back of this stock certificate states: 
	For Value Received, _____ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto _________ Shares of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________ Attorney, to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated Jul. 2 - 1918
Signed by (illegible)
In Presence of A. Fullerman

Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
					

Accession No:

2017.002.051