Andrew Mellon Signed Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company Stock Certificate.

MELLON, Andrew.

$3,000.00

Item Number: 146771

Philadelphia: American Bank Note Co, 1890.

Rare Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company stock certificate endorsed by the commanding American banker Andrew Mellon. Oblong quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated April 10, 1890 and issues 21 shares of the Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company stock to A.W. Mellon. Signed by Mellon on the verso, “A.W. Mellon.” In near fine condition with a vertical crease and signature cancellation hole punches along the bottom edge. Matted and framed with a portrait of Mellon and an informational placard. The piece measures 17.5 inches by 28 inches.

Leader of a prosperous business empire, Andrew William Mellon earned his name in Big Banking, owning or helping finance large companies including the Union Trust Company, Alcoa, the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Old Overholt whiskey, Standard Steel Car Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Koppers, the Pittsburgh Coal Company, the Carborundum Company, Union Steel Company, the McClintic-Marshall Construction Company, Gulf Oil, and numerous others. The Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railroad was chartered by the Pennsylvania Assembly to connect Pittsburgh to Waynesburg and create a bypass around existing Pittsburgh railway congestion.