Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads
by Terry Cox

Alabama

Became state: Dec 14, 1819

About 10% of the known varieties of railroad certificates come from the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. Unlike most states, the remaining varieties are spread suffiiciently so the specialist has a a fairly wide range of Alabama railroads to collect. Like other Southern states, there are only a handful of pre-Civil War certificates.

The easiest of all state seals to identify, the seal shows a map of the state with its rivers and the names of Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. In imitative versions, the name of Alabama might also show.

Number of Varieties of collectible certificates
(counting all companies that operated within the state)
Limited number (100 to 500 varieties)
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