Digest of scripophily readings XII

New online scripophily articles and references, November 2013

Taiwan Stock Museum
About one year ago, the Taiwan Stock Museum (TSM) was opened officially to the public in Taipei. The museum was created by the Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC) following the completion of the company's move to a paperless depository of securities in July 2011. The museum, which includes an interactive multimedia hall, shows artifacts and many stocks and bonds that have witnessed the historical development of Taiwan's stock market.
Related links :

• The Taiwan Stock Museum , entirely in Chinese 
• An online article in English from the TDCC, see here 
• A coverage on the TSM by Culture TW, see here, with a photo gallery there 
• TSM's interactive wall 

NONVALEURS on Tumblr

Hans-Georg Glasemann, author of many books and articles, see for example here, is also the writer of many scripophily related posts on his NONVALEURS blog on Tumblr. You'll find out that Mr. Glasemann's topics cover all themes worldwide. Most articles are written in German, here is one of my favorites about Papua New Guinea, but occasionally you can detect stories written in English, like this one about early attempts to connect France and the UK by means of a railway tunnel. Tumblr is a social-media blogging platform, so you can "Follow" the NONVALEURS blog and never miss a post !

Scripophily Magazine

In addition to the online sources above, the latest August 2013 No.92 issue of Scripophily magazine, published by the International Bond and Share Society , contains the following stories :

• Speculation mixed, about speculation phenomena in scripophily
• Collectors' clearinghouse - Hetty HR Green
• Cox's Corner : Sharing information and knowledge
• Dr Fred S Pearson and the Infrastructure Revolution, about infrastructure and railway investments in the US, Canada and Mexico
• Britain's National Debt, a coverage of 17th, 18th and 19th century loans, payment orders and annuities
• Scripophily at the New York Stock Exchange, about the NYSE archives
• Consolidate What ? a story on John Peirce's railway ventures
• Inspection of the vignettes on a share of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, amazing what there is to see !
• Tasker L Oddie - Prospector & Politician, a US gold mining story
• An Interesting Mystery, about Chester Pennsylvania banks 
• other periodical topics : society matters, news, bourse reviews, auction reviews, events calendar, member classifieds, book reviews

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Reference catalogue : World War II Remembered



• Title : World War II Remembered, history in your hands - a numismatic study
• Authors : C. Frederick Schwan, Joseph E. Boling
• ID : ISBN 0-931960-40-1, published by BNR Press 1995
• Languages : English
• Number of pages : 864
• Images : black and white, almost on every page and often more than 1 page
• Indexes : 1. by Country/Territory, 2. by keyword

This catalogue, a heavy large format book, is astonishing, phenomenal, enlightening. It describes the numismatic objects in the broad sense issued during World War II by governmental and nongovernmental organizations : allied nations, axis nations, occupied nations, occupation governments, armies, governments-in-exile, local authorities, army camps, local companies and merchants, and even psychiatric institutions. 

Numismatic objects discussed : notes, coins, gold coinage, camp money, checks, orders, decorations and medals, loans and bonds, counterfeits, numismatic ephemera, postage stamps, lottery tickets, ...

The Country quick list contains about 150 countries or political territories.

Bonds and loans are included for the following territories : Australia, Bulgaria, Burma, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Mongolia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Straits Settlements, Taiwan, USA, USSR, Yugoslavia

Ilha Formosa

With more than 165 mountains over 3000 metres above sea level, Taiwan is one of the most mountainous islands. In the 16th century, the Portuguese named the island "Ilha Formosa", meaning "Beautiful Island". Most of Taiwan's population lives in the plains in the west.

Red seals on the left, a Japanese style embossed seal at right upper corner
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