Monopoly Board Game Set of 3 - B&O RR, Penn RR & Reading RR - 2 Stock Certificates & 1 Bond

Includes a B & O Railroad Stock dated about 1900, another of the Pennsylvania Railroad of the 1950’s, and a large impressive bond with many interest bearing coupons of the Reading Company dated 1945. Set of 3. Two Stock Certificates and one Bond.

Monopoly is a multi-player board game centered around economics. Players roll two dice to navigate the game board, where they buy, trade, and develop properties with houses and hotels. The goal is to collect rent from opponents and ultimately drive them into bankruptcy. Additional money can be gained or lost through Chance and Community Chest cards or by landing on tax squares. Players receive a payment each time they pass "Go" and may be sent to jail, where they remain until they fulfill one of three conditions to be released. Monopoly has inspired various house rules, hundreds of different editions, numerous spin-offs, and related media, becoming a staple of international popular culture. It has been licensed in over 103 countries and translated into more than 37 languages. By 2015, the game had sold an estimated 275 million copies worldwide.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad in the United States and the nation's oldest, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, who had previously benefited from the National Road, sought to establish trade with settlers crossing the Appalachian Mountains. The B&O faced competition from several existing and planned transportation routes, such as the Albany-Schenectady Turnpike (built in 1797), the Erie Canal (opened in 1825), and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Initially, the B&O operated entirely within Maryland, with its original line running from the port of Baltimore to Sandy Hook, Maryland, which opened in 1834. At Sandy Hook, the railroad connected with Harper's Ferry—first by boat, and later via the Wager Bridge over the Potomac River into Virginia—and provided access to the navigable Shenandoah River. The B&O Railroad gained additional fame as one of the four railroads featured in the original version of the popular board game Monopoly. It is the only railroad in the game that did not directly serve Atlantic City, New Jersey, whose street names were used in the game's original edition.

The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR, legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and commonly referred to as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad founded in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named for its establishment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the railroad grew rapidly and, by 1882, had become the largest railroad in the world in terms of both traffic and revenue. It was also the largest transportation enterprise and the largest corporation globally at that time, with a budget second only to that of the U.S. government.

The Reading Company, commonly known as the Reading Railroad and branded as Reading Lines, was a Philadelphia-based railroad that provided passenger and freight services across eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Operating from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976, the company primarily functioned as a railroad holding company for much of its existence, later becoming a single railroad entity. It operated under the name Reading Railway System and was the successor to the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, which was founded in 1833. For much of its history, the Reading Company was one of the most prosperous corporations in the United States, largely due to its anthracite coal traffic from the Coal Region, until a decline in demand after World War II.

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