Collecting themes also provides a logical way to organize or display your favorite stock certificates.
The "Part I" article before this one discussed themes of Industry, Geography, Vignette (artwork), Family Relationship (name) and Time Period. Here are some other popular themes:
1.Events, or some portion of one - Examples: Civil War, Confederate Institutions, Volunteer Bounty Bonds, Veterans Organizations
2.Firsts, or among the firsts - Examples: Experimental Aircraft (Custer Channel Wing), Steam Locomotives (Tom Thumb), seminal autos (Willys-Overland Jeep), first electrically wired cities (Cincinnati Edison), current companies over a century old (Wells Fargo)
3.Famous Names, issued to or signed by - Examples: Rockefeller, Disney, Remington, Pabst, Houdini, Rothschild, Chaplin, Buick, Morgan, Ames, Lorillard...
4.Extreme Numbers on the certificate - Examples: Bonds for $1,000,000 or more, stock certificates for more than 10,000 shares or less than 10 shares, company capital of less than $1 million, low registration number (three digits or less)
5.Unissued (the printed date usually has a blank in it, such as 187_) - These are certificates that were never authorized, filled out and given to a share owner. They have usually come from storage and archives of the companies, banks and printers that were involved with the issuance process.
Some people prefer unissued documents because they often are in better condition than "used" certificates. Other collectors prefer issued ones because the names, writing and wear show they were held in people's hands and used in commerce a century or more ago.
There are literally millions of permutations possible by crossing themes. For example, if your family can be traced to Philadelphia, you might collect issued, canceled (the word is usually spelled with one L, but not always), green certificates that have one or two digit registration numbers with portrait vignettes from the 1800's.
Or, maybe not. If your family name is Miller, you could just buy Grandpa a "Millerstown Iron Company" stock certificate, have it framed and give it to him for Christmas. Guaranteed, he won't get duplicates of that gift.
So you can decide on a theme(s), or just browse and absorb and maybe a theme will develop as you learn more about what's available and what strikes that special cord in you.
If nothing else, you will find fascinating insights into the people and things that made this country.
Derived from the Sanskrit verb ‘Aas’, asana means position, and according to Patanjali, Yoga positions are meant to be smooth, fluid motions that position the body in a comfortable position, from which one is meant to deposition oneself in unbroken, graceful movements. Slow and controlled, Yoga asanas are to not to be assumed in the fast, bouncy motions so popular in Western aerobics and gymnastics, etc. Asanas (physical positions) can be progressively achieved or mastered in 4 levels in progression, as follows: 1.When an Asana / Position is assumed, stability is an integral part of the process. After assuming a requisite asana, one is required to maintain the body in the same position for a period of time, stabilising all the muscles in the body, whether stretched or relaxed. The classical definition of Asanas explains that the first level is meant for stabilising all bodily functions. 2.After holding a particular asana for a certain period of time, the next level is to feel the comfortable in the position, and maintaining which should come easily. 3.After being able to hold the position in a comfortable and steady manner, one should try to try a gradual relaxation of muscles, which allows one greater stability and comfort in holding the asana. A relaxed body also calms the mind and allows for greater introspection and easy focus. 4.A relaxed mind means one can focus easily on the object of meditation to experience a higher stage, an asana level related to the higher mind, leading to transcendation of a physical experience.
Being able to practise all four levels in progression means one has achieved mastery over the Asana, regular practice of which imparts great physical and mental benefits. Ability to maintain an Asana for 3-hours without experiencing any discomfort and simultaneously reaching the higher stages of meditation means mastery on both the physical and the mental level.
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