Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads
by Terry Cox

Maryland

One of original colonies
Became state: April 28, 1788

Almost a third of the known varieties of collectible railroad certificates are concentrated within the Baltimore & Ohio RR. With heavy concentration in a few other major railroads, that leaves some railroads quite under-represented in the current certificate population. Therefore, some railroad companies will be very hard to collect.

Reflecting its English colonial origin, the seal shows a shield with Lord Baltimore's coat of arms. An earl's crown and a helmet above. Farmer with shovel left. Fisherman with fish right. Ribbon with Fatti machii parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words.) The state motto variably appears in unofficial versions above and below the main design: scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos (with favor wilt thou compass us as with a shield).

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