{"product_id":"second-new-haven-bank-stock-certificate-from-1972","title":"Second New Haven Bank Stock Certificate from 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original stock certificate from Second New Haven Bank, dated 1970s, printed in green. The vignette depicts the three historic churches of the New Haven Green arranged across a winter streetscape: a Gothic stone tower church at left, the tall-steepled colonial Center Church at center, and a smaller cupola church at right, all set against bare deciduous trees. Printed by the \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Bank Note Company\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe certificate shows two large blue rubber stamp cancellations reading \"Cancelled\". Offered as a collectible. You will receive a similar certificate to the one shown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, New Haven's banking sector was deep into a consolidation wave that had been reshaping southern Connecticut's financial landscape since the late 1950s. Second New Haven Bank was a Connecticut-chartered commercial bank rooted in one of New England's oldest cities, a city whose financial institutions traced their lineage to the early republic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three churches of the New Haven Green depicted in the vignette are among the most recognized landmarks in Connecticut, and their presence on a bank certificate issued in that city carries real local weight. The \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Bank Note Company\u003c\/strong\u003e, which engraved and printed this certificate, was the dominant security printer in the United States for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its work appears on some of the most collectible scripophily pieces in existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Connecticut banking paper from this transitional era of regional consolidation draws steady collector interest, and the White, Weld provenance adds an institutional Wall Street dimension that elevates this beyond a standard community bank certificate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52808980332831,"sku":"BANK-SNHB-SI-GRN-1972-001","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/second-new-haven-bank-stock-certificate-1972-front-1.jpg?v=1787623854","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/zh\/products\/second-new-haven-bank-stock-certificate-from-1972","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}