Warren National Bank - Specimen Stock Certificate
Inv# SE4164 Specimen Stock
Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Stub attached at left.
The Warren National Bank’s downtown offices were in a 5-story multi-purpose structure that remains a solid fixture at the corner of Liberty and 2nd. It was originally built in 1900. Warren National Bank had satellite offices on the East side, a state-of-the-art (for the time) drive-through branch at the foot of Conewango, and branches serving Youngsville and Sheffield. From a corporate standpoint, W.N.B. was vulnerable by the 70s. Their cross-street rival, Pennsylvania Bank and Trust faced the same bigger bank challenges. By the early 80s national banks were gobbling up smaller ones to increase their market share.
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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