Welcome to Historic Stock Market,
the international online-market for historical shares, old stocks, bonds and financial documents.

Old stocks and bonds without an actual value and impossible to negotiate in a stock market are considered historical shares. They document mostly the circulating history of a company, from foundation to insolvency or acquisition. The first stock issued in financial history took place in Amsterdam in 1606 by Vereenigte Oostindische Compagnie (VOC).

OLD STOCKS AND BONDS - COLLECTING

Elaborate printings and limited editions turn old stocks and bonds into a currently valued collection item. The nature of historical shares is different form that of stamps or coins. In relation to stamps and coins, old stocks and bonds are only available in small quantities. The number of collectors from all over the world, who want to enlarge their special collections, is constantly growing.

Special area’s of collector’s interest are for example:

Old stock and bond certificates per branch
Old stock and bond certificates, autographs
Old stock and bond certificates per region
Old stock and bond certificates per type of security paper
Old stock and bond certificates with elaborate printings
Old stock and bond certificates per era
Old stock and bond certificates from low capital companies
Old stock and bond certificates from big companies

Both collectors and banks or insurance companies, which increasingly decorate their premises with historical shares and financial documents, contribute to the high demand for old stocks and bonds.

OLD STOCKS AND BONDS - COLLECTORS VALUE

The collector’s value of old stocks, bonds and other financial documents is determined by offer and demand. Highly different demands in unique special areas may lead to strong price fluctuation. The collector’s value of an old share is determined by different factors like state of preservation, issued quantity, company name or the current demand for old stocks and bonds.

Therefore the exact collector’s value of a historical share cannot be established with precision. The declaration of value of historical shares in different collectors catalogues should be regarded sceptically, as they are mostly calculated by the editor of the catalogue or by a collector. The same applies to auctions of historical shares with a reduced number of bidders. The result lists arising there from should not be given too much attention, as these are generated by individual collectors from specific collection areas and cannot reflect the market reality

Our price quotations are based on a complicated formula. Among others, the state of preservation of the old share, issuing date, quantity of issued units, brand awareness, original signature, print image and other criteria are relevant to calculate prices. Hereby old stocks and bonds will continue to be affordable at a realistic price.

OLD STOCKS AND BONDS - STATE OF PRESERVATION

Old stocks and bonds have traces of circulation corresponding to their age. Some certificates are not so well preserved and some are very well preserved. Our customers benefit from our high levels of quality. This is confirmed by our customer’s feedback posted in our first class service and through the unusual quality status of our old stocks and bonds.
You can find further detailed information concerning state of preservation and corresponding old stocks and bonds rating here.

OLD STOCKS AND BONDS - QUOTING

Under EXCHANGE you can quote worldwide to your own prices and in different currencies on old stocks and other securities. Simply provide a brief description and attach a picture. This way you can reach collectors interested in your historical share, all over the world.

We have more than 20,000 old stocks and bonds. However, we are interested in collections made up by more than 1,000 different old stock certificates until the year 1930. Would you like to give up or reduce your collection? Send us a message and we’ll contact you.

OLD STOCKS AND BONDS - PURCHASING

We advise you to purchase old stocks and bonds only in dealers.
As a customer and in case you’re not satisfied, you’re entitled to a refund which you can claim within a determined period of time. We deliver worldwide and in case the ordered historical share is returned, the purchase price will be reimbursed.

Respect seriousness. Each individual historical certificate is delivered in a stable package. Because each certificate is a rarity. Furthermore you will get an invoice with the admitted tax portion.

Respect quality. Read the description corresponding to an offered historical share carefully. Old stocks, bonds and certificates, even though they might show an aged but good state of preservation, always have a high collector’s value.

We still haven’t catalogued all our old stocks and bonds in our files. Our database is constantly updated. If you want to receive monthly information, please subscribe our free newsletter. Among other, you can find in our database the following historical shares:

Old Stocks like: common shares, preference shares, founder’s shares, nominal shares, bearer shares, etc..

Old Bonds like: government bonds, municipal bonds, country bonds, state bonds, corporate bonds, gold loans, etc.

Debenture Bonds, Mortgage Bonds, Gold Bonds, etc.

Warrants

and more decorative rarities.

To make your search for certificates easier, we divided our database into different categories such as issue year, branch, country and price. Or simply use our comfortable search engine to look for a specific security.

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