Springfield Water Co. - 1886 dated Specimen Bond
Inv# UB1009 Specimen Bond
Specimen Bond printed by Homer Lee Bank Note Co., N.Y. with 4 complete rows of coupons. Springfield ranks as the third most populous city in Missouri and serves as the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was recorded at 169,176. It is the central city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which was estimated to have a population of 487,061 in 2022, encompassing the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, and Webster. The city is situated on the Springfield Plateau within the Ozarks, characterized by terrain that varies from nearly flat to rolling hills. Springfield is recognized as the second-largest urban area in the Ozarks.
Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firm’s products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.
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