{"product_id":"international-railways-of-central-america-stock-certificate-from-1929","title":"International Railways of Central America Stock Certificate from 1929","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original preferred stock certificate from International Railways of Central America, dated March 19, 1929, printed in olive green. Features a vignette depicting a Central American mountain landscape with a train scene andcfarmers on horses. The certificate shows elaborate borders with geometric patterns throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe certificate shows its age with some discoloration and fold lines, carrying the patina of nearly a century. Multiple punch holes are visible across the certificate face, indicating it was formally cancelled when the shares were redeemed or the company retired the issue. There is a red revenue tax stamp present. This cancellation adds to its historical completeness as a retired financial instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, Central America represented one of the last great railroad frontiers for American investors, with companies like International Railways promising to connect remote regions to global markets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"4\"\u003eInternational Railways of Central America (IRCA)\u003c\/b\u003e stock certificate of 1929 stands as a haunting \"time capsule\" of American industrial hubris, issued at the exact moment the Gilded Age of rail expansion collided with the Great Depression. While incorporated in New Jersey for legal leverage, the IRCA was the crowning achievement of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"336\"\u003eMinor Cooper Keith\u003c\/b\u003e, the \"Uncrowned King of Central America\" and co-founder of the United Fruit Company. This particular 1929 issuance coincided with the IRCA’s greatest milestone: the completion of the bridge over the Rio Anguiatú, which finally linked the rail networks of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"610\"\u003eGuatemala and El Salvador\u003c\/b\u003e. This connection fulfilled a decades-long dream to provide El Salvador’s coffee barons a direct route to the Caribbean port of Puerto Barrios. However, the triumph was short-lived. Minor Keith passed away in June 1929, and by October, the global financial collapse began to sever the very trade arteries these tracks were built to serve, turning this certificate from a symbol of a rising empire into a relic of a vanishing era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Offered as a collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52315221524767,"sku":"RR-IRCA-SI-OLV-1929-001","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/international-railways-of-central-america-stock-certificate-1929-front-1.jpg?v=1776051745","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/zh\/products\/international-railways-of-central-america-stock-certificate-from-1929","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}