IMPERIAL TRADING (to the EAST INDIES) COMPANY. ANTWERP 4th OCTOBER 1723. SHARE CERIFICATE FULLY PAID IN FOUR INSTALLMENTS. TRADING IN SLAVES, PEPPER, CINNAMON + OTHER EXOTIC SPICES, CHINA PORCELAINE AND PROBABLY WHAT NOWADAYS GOES BY “CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES”. REMEMBER THAT 120 YEARS LATER ONE COMPETITOR (THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY) EVEN DRAGGED THE UK INTO THE THREE OPIUM WARS AGAINST CHINA. AS A RESULT OF THIS HONG KONG ISLAND WAS OPPRESSED FROM THE LOOSING MIDDLE KINGDOM IN THE 1860s. ONE OF THE OLDEST SHARE CERTIFICATES OF ALL TIME – SUPERB CONDITION. 293 YEARS OLD – HANDLAID PAPER – ALL SIGNATURES MADE BY HAND AND IN INK. HABSBURG COAT OF ARMS AS VIGNETTE. COMPETITOR TO THE ENGLISH SOUTH SEAS AND OTHER EAST- AND WEST INDIA COMPANIES OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. FYI: EACH JOURNEY BY SAILING VESSEL TOOK ABOUT SIX MONTHS – IN EACH DIRECTION! WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET! The item “IMPERIAL TRADING (EAST INDIA) COMPANY 1723 SHARE CERIFICATE” is in sale since Wednesday, October 31, 2018. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Stocks & Bonds, Scripophily\World\Other World Scripophily”. The seller is “scripomundo” and is located in Mettlach. This item can be shipped worldwide.