Adriaan van der Hoop. Autograph signature as one of the directors of Hope & Co. on a share certificate of the Bank der Vereenigde Staten van America. Certificate of one share for 100 dollars, Amsterdam 1839

Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), famous Dutch politician, statesman, merchant and banker, in his days the richest man of the Netherlands, art collector, left on his death more than 250 paintings from his collection to the city of Amsterdam, most of which are today in the Rijksmuseum

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certificate for one share number 378 of 100 dollars of the "Bank der Vereenigde Staten van America" in Philadelphia, original copper engraving on folded cardboards with embossed seal (with a crowned lion), dated June 18, 1839 with original signatures of an attorney (B. Commelin) and original signatures of the widow of Willem Borski, the director of Ketwich & Voombergh and the original signature of Adriaan van der Hoop as director of the Bank Hope & Co., paper size ca. 26 x 21,5 cm, some foxing, small crack in the lower middle fold, attached inside the cardboards 11 dividend coupons from 1840 until 1845 with facsimile prints of Hope & Co., rare copy in good condition 2100 gr. Seller Inventory # AL-0090

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