Commonwealth Oil Refining Company Share Certificate 1978

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Commonwealth Oil Refining Company Share Certificate 1978

Issued in December 1978, this original share certificate from the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc. captures the industrial energy of the late 20th-century petroleum age, engraved with classical imagery of industry and progress.

Measurements: approx. 12 x 8 inches
Date: December 28, 1978
Condition: In decent vintage condition; minor age toning and archival wear visible. Please inspect images carefully for full details.
Origin: Puerto Rico / United States
Printer: American Bank Note Company
Internal notes: QC passed

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

By the late 1970s, global oil markets were in flux — reshaped by the energy crises of the decade and the growing dominance of multinational refiners. This certificate, issued on 28 December 1978, represents 5,000 shares of $1.72 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A in the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc., a key petroleum processor incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The certificate features an evocative vignette of a classical male figure amid oil derricks and refinery towers, symbolising industrial power and human mastery over natural resources. Its brown engraving, embossed corporate seal, and secure detailing reflect the enduring craftsmanship of the American Bank Note Company, one of the world’s leading producers of engraved financial documents.

Holding this certificate is an invitation to preserve a tangible trace of 20th-century energy history — a period when oil defined geopolitics, economics, and technological ambition. For collectors of industrial or financial ephemera, this piece stands as a powerful reminder of the corporate and aesthetic legacy of the petroleum age.

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