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2. India, Bank of Bengal, 1875, Stock Certificate, EX. RARE

AT LEAST 9 DIFFERENT TYPES. TYPE 2. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NUMBER 21 ISSUED 1876. THE HIGHEST NUMBER I EVER HAVE SEEN WAS 72 AND ISSUED IN 1887. The Bank of Calcutta (a precursor to the present State Bank of India) was founded on 2 June 1806, mainly to fund General Wellesley's wars against Tipu Sultan and the Marathas. !

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