Original, Vintage Indian Motocycle Stock Certificate – Specimen – Blue – American Bank Note Company. Yes, it’s “motocycle, ” not motorcycle. Specimen Certificates are proof copies of stock certificates that were later printed and issued. Usually kept by the printers in their permanent archives, they may be the only example of a particular certificate. Sometimes you will see a hand stamp on the certificate that says “Do not remove from file”. Specimens were also used to show prospective clients different types of certificate designs that were available. Specimen Certificates are usually much scarcer than issued certificates. In fact, many times they are the only way to get a certificate for a particular company because the issued certificates were redeemed and destroyed. In a few instances, Specimen Certificates were made for a company but were never used because a different design was chosen by the company. Such certificates are normally stamped “Specimen” or they have small holes spelling the word specimen. Most of the time they don’t have a serial number, or they have a serial number of 00000. This certificate would have been produced for the 1930 stock issue and may be the only certificate in existence. It has a Return to Records Dept. ” stamp on it and two 1/8 inch holes on a signature line which would have served to “cancel the certificate. The item “Vintage Indian Motocycle Stock Certificate Specimen Circa 1930″ is in sale since Saturday, November 18, 2017. This item is in the category “eBay Motors\Parts & Accessories\Motorcycle Parts\Antique, Vintage, Historic”. The seller is “hartventure” and is located in Leesburg, Virginia. This item can be shipped worldwide.