Perkin-Elmer Corporation Share Certificate 1968 – 100 Shares

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Perkin-Elmer Corporation Share Certificate 1968 – 100 Shares

Original 1968 Perkin-Elmer Corporation share certificate for one hundred common shares, printed with an allegorical scientific vignette and an orange intaglio border characteristic of American financial engraving in the late twentieth century.

Measurements: approx. 12 x 8 inches
Date: August 1, 1968
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.

The central image presents a seated figure holding an atomic symbol beside precision instruments, an emblematic expression of Perkin-Elmer’s association with scientific research and optical technologies during the 1960s. Its structured borderwork, balanced typography, and controlled palette create a formal and authoritative composition, reflecting the visual language of corporate securities at a time when scientific advancement strongly shaped public imagination.

Issued in New York and produced by the American Bank Note Company, the certificate demonstrates the firm’s detailed intaglio craftsmanship, visible in the fine cross-hatching of the vignette and the ornamental flourishes framing the document. It represents a period in which technological corporations increasingly adopted symbolism drawn from modern science, merging corporate identity with the era’s cultural shift toward laboratory research, aerospace development, and analytical instrumentation.

Light age toning and gentle archival wear are present, consistent with careful long-term storage, and the certificate retains clarity across its engraved surfaces. Printed on durable stock and measuring approximately 12 x 8 inches, it remains of interest to collectors of scripophily and to those studying the visual culture of mid-century scientific and industrial enterprise.

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