IRAN 107 year old Persia Massoudieh Share Certificate 20 Krans. An incredibly beautiful and exotic and colorful Share Certificate from the Old Qajar Persia (now called Iran). It is numbered choice even, making it a unique Collector´s Item. It is measured 5 8/13 inches X 3 10/16 inches (14.8 cm X 9.1 cm). The Share is printed on Watermarked Paper of the Banknote Quality and is printed almost certainly in Austria - after the trips of the legendary H.I.Highness Prince Massoud Mirza Zelo Sultan Qajar (Ghajar), the eldest son of H.I.M. Shah Naserol din Shah Qajar, to Austria,After those trips he formed a special Imperial Guard modelled after the Austrian Hungry Empire Guards. Having the same uniform. However, because Prince massoud Mirza´s mother was only a concubine of the Shah, and was the daughter of an Imperial Stable caretaker, the Qajar Crown bypassed him to his younger brother, H.I.H. Mozaferol din Mirza Qajar,There were strong rumors that Prince Massoud Mirza planned a Coup against his Dad, the Shah to usrp the Imperial Persian Peacock Throne. And eventuality had to disband his Imperial Guard on the direct orders of his Dad, the Shah.Prince Massoud Mirza was a very bitter and jealous man henceforth. In History he has been known for extreme savgery and cruelty. He ruled the Central Province of Isfahan and much more with extraordinary barbarism and destruction of the Arts and the Culture. His Rule has been marked with Arbitrary Justice and Incredulous Tales of Corruption and Inhumanity.These Share Certificates were printed by his order after his brother ascended to the throne. His Rule was restricted, and he thus engaged himself in the Commerce by forming the Massoudieh Trading Company. These beautiful Share Certificates have the Imperial Persian Lion and Sun at the middle top - looking left. And it has an embossed logo of the Company at the bottom center. The background is repetitions of "the Massoudieh Trading Company" in Persian. It has a nominal value of two Toman. In that Era, each Toman could be a month´s Salary of 2 maids.This Share Certificate comes from a Private Collection of an Estate. the Colors are in Canary Yellow, Mustard yellow, Cherry Red, damascus Red, and Black Ink. This is a very rare opportunity to own a piece of persia´s oldest publically traded company. It is printed in 1898
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