50 Highlights Teil 2 der 64. Auktion für Historische Wertpapiere Part 2 of the 64th Auction for Old Stocks and Bonds

45 Los 605 Royal Swedish Railway Company, Köping to Hult [3 Stück] a) 1 November 1854, 20 Shares á £ 5 = 20 x 60 Riks Daler Banko, #81321-40, 22.2 x 18 cm, black on blue paper, 8 cm tear and small tears repaired with Japanse paper, small pin holes, folds, a bit stained, condition VF, text on one side in English, on one in Swedish, number at the remaining coupons handwritten, this variety is R10; b) like a), but #6831-50, small tears repaired, condition VF, numbers at the remaining coupons with mechanical counter embossed, different signatures of the directors, this variety is R12; c) 1 No- vember 1854, 20 Shares á £ 5 = 20 x 60 Riks Daler Banko, £ 3 = 36 Riks Daler Banko per Share paid in, further payment receipted on 5 December 1855, #21281-300, black on salmon-colored paper, folds, small pin holes, a bit stained, condition VF, revenue stamp, text on one side in English, on one in Swedish, R12. The oldest Swedish railway share certificates known! The Swedish count Adolf Eugene von Rosen received the permission to build railways in Sweden in 1845. The first railway was built between the town of Köping and Hult, a small port at Lake Vänern. The intention was to connect the city with the steamboats on the la- kes Mälaren and Vänern, giving a motorised connection between Gothenburg and Stockholm. To finance this project, von Rosen con- vinced British investors. When the company ran out of money in the 1850s, the parliament of Sweden decided that the Swedish Trunk links (stambanorna) should be built and operated by the state. The first completed railway in Sweden was the Frykstadbanan, between Frykstad and Klara Älvs, in the province of Värmland, which opened in 1849. It used horses for pulling the trains. Steam locomotives were first introduced in 1856. The railway from Arboga to Köping, which was the first part of Köping to Hult, was completed in 1857. The railway to Hult has never been completed. Minimum bid: 1,500 €