25th March 2009
First, let's list the commonly recognized benefits of Article Marketing and then we'll look at the magic of numbers when you decide to multiply the number of articles you distribute. Besides being the least expensive form of high quality advertising there...
25th March 2009
Press Releases can be used in a way similar to Articles to improve the Search Engine rankings, number and quality of back links and traffic for your site. There are three keys to using Press Releases effectively.
1. Have newsworthy information - if t...
25th March 2009
Stock certificates have not always been considered collectibles. Although they have existed for over 200 years now, they did not become collectible until the 1960’s and 1970’s when other forms of ephemera, including restaurant menus, maps, and other p...
11th March 2009
Although the vast majority of collectible or even antique stock certificates can be purchased for under $100, there are a few stock certificates which are worth mentioning for their collectible value. Each stock certificate is unique, making them difficul...
11th March 2009
Although most collectors of scripophily focus on stock certificates produced during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, modern stock certificates can also be a joy to collect. A stock certificate does not need to be an antique to have historic...
11th March 2009
Although most antique stocks date to the 1830s through the 1880s due to the Industrial Revolution and the rise of mining, railroads, and other large companies, in actuality the first stocks were issued much earlier. The first companies to issue stock shar...
11th March 2009
Stock certificates are collected not only for their aesthetic value or to complement a related collection of, for example, railroad, mining, or baking memorabilia; they also have historical value. Many historians collect stock certificates and other forms...
11th March 2009
Everyone is familiar with the story of the Titanic and how it sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean on April 14th 1912. This means that any stock certificate involving the historic Titanic is going to be one that a collector is really going to wa...
11th March 2009
The Panama Railroad was completed in 1855. It had the title of the “first transcontinental railroad” because the famous U.S. Transcontinental railway did not exist until 1869, when the rails finally connected to each other at Promontory Summit, Utah. ...
11th March 2009
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is a company that is still in operation today. However, there are many old canceled stock certificates that are available for the stock certificate collector to take advantage of. If there is a company that has an in...
11th March 2009
All of us are aware of the Hershey Foods Company. Many of us consume something made by the Hershey Food Company at least once per week, especially if that something is a candy bar. However, the company was formerly known as the Hershey Foods Corporation, ...
23rd May 2008
An American dream: you find something in an attic or flea market that turns out to be valuable. That something could be a stock certificate that is still valid for ownership in a company. Of course, if you were to find one, it should be researched.
But...
21st May 2008
Official Collector Names - Compiled at Collectibles-Articles.com
All these names are found in at least one dictionary. There are other terms used by collectors that are common, but not yet recorded as "official" by a dictionary. They are on the -- Li...
02nd May 2008
How can you determine if the signatures on a collectible stock certificate are authentic autographs?
First, there's good news. Scripophily (the collecting of antique stock certificates and bonds) does not generally have the rampant forgery or mechanize...
28th April 2008
Scripophily is the collecting of antique bonds and stock certificates. Enthusiasts vary widely in how they take care of their documents. Some actually just stack them together in a folder or drawer (cringe). Others treat them like the irreplaceable hist...
