75 Highlights Teil 2 der 61. Auktion für Historische Wertpapiere Part 2 of the 61st Auction for Old Stocks and Bonds

49 Los 539 Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Berlin, 21 October 1887, Share of 1,000 Mark, later changed to 100 RM by stamp, #2069, 24.2 x 29.5 cm, green-grey, brown, folds, small pin holes, folds with tears up to 2 cm, rust, condition VF-, facsimile signature of Emil Rathenau, first time seen by us, from an old collection, we know of one more certificate (#5922) in another collection. The first issue under the name Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft! From the collection of Karl R. Meyer. R11! The company was founded in 1883 as the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität by Emil Rathenau. While visiting the world exhibition in Philadelphia, he became acquainted with the pioneering inventions of Thomas A. Edison. He managed to ac- quire the patents for Germany. In 1884, the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft founded the Städtische Elektricitätswerke zu Berlin, which traded as Berliner Elektricitäts-Werke from 1887. In the years 1883 to 1889 the Munich engineer and later founder of the Deutsches Mu- seum Oskar von Miller was the director of the company. In 1887 the name was changed to Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft. In the same year, Emil Rathenau hired Michail von Dolivo-Dobrowolsky, who, as chief engineer, helped to put three-phase technology to practi- cal use by inventing the first functional three-phase motor. In 1891, three-phase current was transmitted over a longer distance for the first time. The invention was presented at the International Electrotechnical Exhibition in Frankfort on the Main and helped the compa- ny achieve economic success. In 1901, the AEG subsidiary Neue Automobil Gesellschaft began manufacturing motor vehicles, and in 1910 the company got into aircraft construction. With the takeover of Borsig Lokomotiv-Werke in 1935, the company finally got into lo- comotive construction. After the end of the Second World War, the headquarters were moved from Berlin to Frankfort. In 1967 the com- pany merged to form the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft AEG-Telefunken. With more than 178,000 employees, the company was one of the largest electrical companies in the world. The decline of the company began with increasing dissipation. The construction of a baggage conveyor system at Frankfort Airport failed and the construction of nuclear power plants cost hundreds of millions of marks. AEG paid a dividend for the last time in 1972. From 1979 the company name was again AEG-Telefunken AG. After the world’s first fully automatic production line for the manufacture of terrestrial solar modules went into operation in 1981, the company had to file for a settlement in 1982. In 1985, Daimler-Benz AG took over the company and renamed it AEG AG. After Daimler had sold parts of AEG in 1996, AEG AG was deleted from the commercial register on October 2, 1996. The rights to the AEG brand and patents went to Electro- lux. Minimum bid: 4,000 € Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Berlin, 21.10.1887, Aktie über 1.000 Mark, später auf 100 RM umgestempelt, #2069, 24,2 x 29,5 cm, grün-grau, braun, Knickfalten, kleine Klammerlöcher, Knickfalten mit Einrissen bis 2 cm, Rostspuren, Verhaltung VF-, Bezugsrechtsstempel, Faksimile-Signatur Emil Rathenau, bisher komplett unbekanntes Exemplar aus einer al- ten Sammlung, nur ein weiteres Stück in einer Sammlung (#5922) ist uns bekannt. Die erste Ausgabe unter dem Namen Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft! Das Stück stammt aus der Sammlung Karl R. Meyer. R11. Siehe auch Seite 48. Mindestgebot: 4.000 € AEG-Gründer Emil Rathenau, porträtiert von seinemCousin Max Liebermann Portrait of AEG founder Emil Rathenau by his cousin Max Lieberman