ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD 1971 Rare Stock Certificate for 100 Shares - Silver Shadow

Description

Vintage collectible piece of luxury automobile history.  Issued for 100 Depositary Shares of the Rolls Royce Company to Martan & Co.  It no longer has cash-in
value
, but is collectible only.  Perfect for automotive history buffs, luxury auto owners, or really anyone who is interested in a rare, historical item.
This certificate is in near-perfect condition - and was printed by American Bank Note Company.  This is absolutely authentic, NOT a reproduction.  As many of you already know, paper stock and bond certificates have for the most part gone away in favor of electronic 'book-entry' ownership.  Physical certificates have become very collectible, and an important part of Wall Street history.
History:
Rolls-Royce
was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in
Manchester
, United Kingdom by the partnership of
Charles Rolls
and
Henry Royce
. Building on Royce's reputation established with his
cranes
they quickly developed a reputation for superior engineering by manufacturing the "best car in the world". The
First World War
brought them into manufacturing aero-engines. Joint development of
jet engines
began in 1940 and they entered production. Rolls-Royce has built an enduring reputation for development and manufacture of engines for defence and civil aircraft.
The Rolls-Royce business remained nationalised until 1987 when, after renaming the owner Rolls-Royce plc, the government sold it to the public. Rolls-Royce plc still owns and operates Rolls-Royce's principal business, though, since 2003, it is technically a subsidiary of listed
holding company
Rolls-Royce Holdings
.
A marketing survey in 1987 showed that only
Coca-Cola
was a more widely known
brand
than Rolls-Royce.
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