The J S Dillon & Sons Stores Co Specimen Stock Certificate

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The J.S. Dillon & Sons Stores Co., Inc. Specimen Stock Certificate

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Product Code: SC357

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This stock certificate is from the famous food chain, Dillons, which is now operated under the Kroger Company. J.S. Dillon opened his first store in 1890 and changed the name to J.S. Dillon and Sons Stores in 1919. In 1968 the company had changed it's name again to Dillon Companies and began purchasing other stores including City Market, Fry;s, and King Soopers. In 1983 Kroger bought the company. This specimen was printed in the 1960s.

Specimen stock certificates are certificates that were archived by printers and the company as perfect examples of the company’s stock issue. Specimen’s can be identified by their “specimen” stamp, stamped holes spelling “specimen”, or they are often issued with a serial number of a series of zeros. Often, they are also issued with no serial number at all. Specimens can also represent a design that was never issued. All of these attributes make the specimen stock certificate rarer than the issued version of the share. Many enthusiasts collect specimens as a whole new category of Scripophily.