Stock certificate for 100 shares in El Dorado South Consolidated Mining Co.

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This is a rectangular off-white paper stock certificate for one hundred shares in the El Dorado South Consolidated Mining Company. Obverse: Bordered by a thick line with a double serrated edge and scrolls at the corners, theis certificate has the compnay name in the top center of the page that reads "EL DORADO SOUTH/ CONSOLIDATED MINING/ COMPANY/ San Francisco." Handwritten in ink is the date "Aug 29th 1878." The line following reads "[in printed caligraphy]This Certifies that [handwritten in ink] James Coffin Trustee is/ entitled to [handwritten]One hundred [in printed caligraphy] shares in the Capital Stock of the/ EL DORADO SOUTH CONSOLIDATED MINING CO./ Tranferable on the books of the Company by endorsement heron and surrendering this Certificate." There are two oval roundels in the upper corners, surrounded by decorative foliate scrolling. The upper left roundel has the words "NUMBER/ 3496" and the upper right reads "100/SHARES.

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