LOT of 1921-23 CHINA BONDS! 2 DIFF TYPES! OUR EXCLUSIVE Issd to build FIRST RR in China! ORNATE COUPONS/CHOPS! Start Price USD 39.95 Current Price USD 39.95 Time Left - Bid Count 2 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, May 11, 2008 End Time Sunday, May 18, 2008 Location New York, New York See more about 'LOT of 1921-23 CHINA BONDS! 2 DIFF TYPES! OUR EXCLUSIVE' Description A WORLDWIDE COLLECT-A-THON    EXCLUSIVE!!!! 2 DIFFERENT ORIGINAL 1921/1923 LUNG -TSING-U-HAI RAILWAY BONDS! COLLECTOR VALUE: $250!! STARTS AT $49.95 A MERE $24.99 EACH!!!!!!!!!!! SAVE 80%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you win at the starting price. Sizes of scans not in the same scale (green bond is larger than the gold one!). Both Bonds are enormous Museum Pieces!!!          These very rare and historic bonds were issued by the Government of the Chinese Republic from in 1921 and 1923 respectively. They are the 8% Gold Loans for the Construction and operation of the Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, which was China's First Railroad!! 8% is the highest interest paid by any Lung-Tsing-U-Hail bond!!               The bonds were payable in Gold, Francs and/or Pounds Sterling.        The financing was remarkably international for the day. Issued in Brussels, the bond certificate is printed in both French and English (may still have Belgian transfer slip attached on back). Legal action is underway for the redemption of bonds like this at many, many times our low starting price. However, the sheer collector value of these gems in the offered condition based on rarity and collector demand alone is $125 or more.           The beautifully engraved designs are nothing less than spectacular, with very ornate borders, embossed international treasury seals, and multi-lingual titles.  There are multiple large red Chinese "Chops" at the bottom of each bond, with 3 hand signatures and additional overprinting in black Chinese characters. The bonds are almost equally ornate on the back!!        The bonds are POSITIVELY ENORMOUS, weighing in at up to 18" x 26" with the coupon sheets - you might need to build an addition onto your home to make room for these wonder pieces if you want to display them matted and framed under spotlights! YOU WILL RECEIVE MANY MORE COUPONS THAN ARE SHOWN!!!!          Paper condition of the bonds is extra clean and crisp, unlike the rags you so often get on Ebay. Premium quality for the age and rarity!!         There may be minor archival tape residue on the golden bond, but this will be outside the main vignetted area (usually between bond and coupon) and can be removed by soaking that area in very hot water. Coupon sheet and stamps on green 1921 bond may vary slightly from the scan (there may be many more coupons!). GUARANTEED BEST CHINESE BOND DEAL ANYWHERE!! WHY PAY 5-10 TIMES MORE?  BID NOW SMILE LATER!                S/H is based on the oversized nature of these paper tigers. Add any of the 1000 items in our ebay store to this one for reduced combined shipping. Be sure to see our ULTRA Rare Orange and Blue REO there (Chinese Reorganisation Bonds) underwritten by HSBC! Thanks for visiting Collect-a-thon!       Interested in the history of this and other Chinese bonds? Check out this link: http://fic.wharton.upenn.edu/fic/papers/01/0130.pdf Place a Bid!