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Virginia Electric and Power Company Share Certificate, 1970

Original 1970 Virginia Electric and Power Company share certificate featuring a purple intaglio border, an engraved map vignette, and flanking allegorical figures symbolising regional energy and industry.

Measurements: approx. 12 x 8 inches
Date: July 29, 1970
Condition: In decent vintage condition; minor age toning and archival wear visible. Please inspect images carefully for full details.
Internal notes: QC passed

FOR COLLECTIBLE PURPOSES ONLY. This is a vintage, cancelled share certificate and holds no financial value. A fantastic piece of scripophily / industrial history.

This certificate presents a distinguished purple border characteristic of late twentieth-century American Bank Note Company engraving, framing a central cartographic vignette of Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and North Carolina, accompanied by two classical figures representing labour and progress. The bold engraved title of Virginia Electric and Power Company—commonly known as VEPCO—anchors the composition, conveying the corporate authority of a major regional utility provider during a period of rapid infrastructural development.

The layout reflects both traditional intaglio practice and modernised financial documentation, with perforations, registration details, and transfer annotations offering insight into shareholder administration in the early 1970s. The crisp outlines of the allegorical figures and the precisely printed territorial map evoke the company’s geographic remit and evolving energy network.

Measuring approximately 12 × 8 inches, the certificate survives in stable condition with light toning and gentle archival wear consistent with careful storage. The strong legibility, intact borders, and preserved embossing will appeal to collectors of utilities history, American corporate ephemera, and regional cartographic engravings.

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