| The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is a | | | | traded company. Due to its great success, the stock |
| company that is still in operation today. However, there | | | | started selling left and right. Although there is some |
| are many old canceled stock certificates that are | | | | form of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in |
| available for the stock certificate collector to take | | | | business, the company was sold in the 1960s for |
| advantage of. If there is a company that has an | | | | recreational use to public and private organizations. So |
| incredible history, this is a company that does. | | | | what you will find when looking at a Lehigh Coal and |
| The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was | | | | Navigation Company stock certificate is a canceled |
| created for the carrying of anthracite coal to Easton | | | | certificate that cannot be traded on the stock market. |
| from Lehigh Valley. This creation occurred after Phillip | | | | In other words, they make fantastic certificates to |
| Ginder discovered large anthracite deposits in the | | | | collect. |
| Summit Hill, Pennsylvania area in 1791. The Lehigh and | | | | There is such an incredible history behind the company |
| Delaware Rivers were quite turbulent, but | | | | that these are widely sought after stock certificates. |
| transportation of coal was made possible through the | | | | The company saw great success during the 1800s, |
| navigation system that had been developed. This | | | | but saw reductions in the amount of tonnage that they |
| system was completed by 1820 and this resulted in | | | | were transporting. As a matter of fact, they saw a |
| the merger of Lehigh Coal Company and Lehigh | | | | decline in the tonnage being transferred in 1900, but still |
| Navigation. By 1825, there was approximately 30,000 | | | | managed to stay in business until the 1960s. This is a |
| tons of coal making its way to Philadelphia. | | | | company that had 190 years of operational history |
| But there was an increase in competition and | | | | behind it. |
| something needed to be done, so Lehigh Coal and | | | | There are different variations of the Lehigh Coal and |
| Navigation Co. continued to expand with better | | | | Navigation Company stock certificate. It simply |
| navigation tools, such as lift locks used in the canal. | | | | depends on the year it was issued. An 1866 certificate |
| This new expanded navigation system was | | | | is simply a gray sheet of paper. They have sometimes |
| completed by 1829 and within five years of that | | | | have a revenue stamp on them from where they |
| completion, the Lehigh navigation system was also | | | | were taxed by the government. They are also signed |
| connected to New York. But in 1862, parts of the | | | | by officers within the company, states the |
| system were destroyed by a great flood. However, | | | | incorporation date of the company, and that the |
| the rebuild resulted in even more expansion for the | | | | shares were going for fifty dollars each. A 1936 stock |
| company. | | | | certificate is somewhat different with its cream and |
| It was in 1822 that the Lehigh Coal and Navigation | | | | orange coloring, but the required information is the |
| Company became incorporated and became a publicly | | | | same. |