Specimen stock certificates are certificates that were archived by printers and the company as perfect examples of the company's stock or bond issue. Specimen's can sometimes 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. Specimen certificates can also be unissued, numbered and stamped if other specimens were not available to the company. All of these attributes make the specimen stock certificate much rarer than the large quantity issued version of the share. Many enthusiasts collect specimens as a whole new category of Scripophily.
Colorado certificates are SCARCE and in high demand. This document is extremely rare and the only one on Ebay at the time of listing. Very nice Historical document that is 131 years old! Would look FANTASTIC framed!! Thank you for looking.