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CERTIFICATE DATABASES

• Introduction to the SEARCHABLE DATABASE, updated every two weeks
• RAILROAD DATABASE
• COAL DATABASE
• ABBREVIATIONS used
• NATIONS, STATES, AND PROVINCES
• The Cox NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLAINED
• NUMBERING COMPANIES
• NUMBERING CERTIFICATE VARIETIES
• Discussion of the FREQUENCIES OF APPEARANCES (relative rarity) system
• Up-to-date list of SOURCES OF INFORMATION used to catalog specific certificates
• Where are the MISSING IMAGES? 

The DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STOCKS AND BONDS explained

STOCKS

• TYPES OF STOCK CERTIFICATES
• DENOMINATIONS
• GLOSSARY OF STOCK TERMS

BONDS

• HOW BONDS WORK
• PRIMARY TYPES OF BONDS
• BOND FEATURES
• OBSCURE BOND FEATURES
• Bond COUPONS
• GOLD BONDS AND GOLD BOND FRAUDS
• GLOSSARY OF BOND TERMS

OTHER CERTIFICATES

• DUTCH FUND CERTIFICATES
• CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
• TEMPORARY STOCKS AND BONDS
• TRANSFER RECEIPTS
• FRACTIONAL STOCKS AND BONDS

PRICING VARIETIES

IDENTIFYING VARIETIES

• FEATURES OF CERTIFICATES used for cataloging and identification
• Identifying IMPRINTED REVENUES found on stocks and bonds
• Identifying STATE SEALS found on stocks and bonds

Do my certificates have VALUES AS SECURITIES?

COLLECTING CERTIFICATES

• SPECIALIZATION in what you collect
• PRESERVATION
• DISPLAYING certificates
• MANAGING and INSURING collections

BUYING

• PROFESSIONAL DEALERS exist to help you assemble collections to be proud of
• Buying from PROFESSIONAL AUCTION HOUSES
• LIST OF PROFESSIONAL DEALERS AND AUCTIONS
• Don't fall for UNINFORMED PROMOTIONS AND HYPE
• Understanding the EBAY AUCTION PROCESS

SELLING

• Selling to PROFESSIONAL DEALERS
• Selling through PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONS
• Selling on EBAY

The ramifications of DONATING COLLECTIONS

AUTOGRAPHS

• AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING, a popular hobby that crosses over into scripophily
• List of celebrity AUTOGRAPHS known on railroad and coal stocks and bonds
• AUTOGRAPH LISTING CRITERIA

All about CATALOGING

• COUNTRIES CATALOGED as part of North America
• Deciding which COMPANIES to catalog
  • Intricacies of COMPANY NAMES
  • RULES FOR DECIDING COMPANIES TO INCLUDE
  • What about UTILITIES?
  • NON-RAILROAD COMPANIES
• CATALOGING CERTIFICATES
  • Recognizing CANCELLATIONS and all the different types
  • The meaning of DATES and how they are handled during cataloging
  • All about SERIAL NUMBERS
  • Kinds of INFORMATION RECORDED

What are SPECIMENS AND PROOFS?

TIMELINE of events that affected railroads, security markets, and other issues related to stocks and bonds

GENERAL

• GENERAL GLOSSARY
• OPEN LETTER TO COLLECTORS
• GENERAL REFERENCES on collecting certificates
• What are GENERIC CERTIFICATES?

PRODUCING SECURITIES

• ETCHING AND ENGRAVING
• ABBREVIATIONS of printer names
• HOW ARE STOCKS AND BONDS CREATED?
• AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, the world's premier printer of bank notes and securities

HOW TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT

• A whole sub-section on SCANNING CERTIFICATES
• Several techniques on IMAGE MANIPULATION, regardless of whether certificates were photographed or scanned
• Maybe you can help solve a few MYSTERIES about companies that may or may not be related to railroading

ORGANIZATIONS for stock and bond collectors

NEWSLETTERS AND ARTICLES

• COX'S CORNER, a regular column I write for IBSS' Scripophily magazine
• NEWSLETTERS, a collection of newsletters sent to contributors between 1999 and 2009

CONTACT Terry Cox

The physical catalog STOCKS AND BONDS OF NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS

• Where to buy the SECOND EDITION
• Where to buy the THIRD EDITION

RAIL-RELATED TOPICS

• SATIRICAL CARICATURES of of robber barons and millionaires related to railroading (Gould, Vanderbilt, etc.)
• RAILROAD LAND GRANTS
• GUIDES TO THE GEOLOGY ALONG THE WESTERN RAILROADS published by the U.S Geological Survey during the era of passenger travel
• RAILROAD MAGAZINES

OFF-TOPIC SUBJECTS

• The American Bank Note Company MILLION DOLLAR BILL
• British portrait engraver, HERBERT BOURNE
• RAILROAD SCRIP that looks like paper money