List of numbered American Bank Note Company specimen in collection

Von Michael Fraikin
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I have compiled a list of the red control numbers typically stamped on the reverse or on the stubs of American Bank Note Company (ABNC) specimens. These numbers signify that the archive piece was officially registered in the company's vaults— as part of a limited-copy archival set. The numbers were assigned in strict chronological order based on the processing date within the archives, rather than the official issue date printed on the security.

Initially, plain serial numbers were utilized, reaching nearly 100,000 by the early 1920s. Around 1923, the ABNC introduced the 'S' prefix (signifying 'Special' orders), which ran as a separate chronological sequence. The prefix 'F' was designated for foreign securities, while 'B' and 'N' were used to identify production by the specialized Franklin-Lee Division (but not always - some of their specimen have numbers without prefix). In the mid-20th century, this was replaced by a modernized three-part coding system that denotes the security type, a sequential order number, and concludes with the two-digit production year.

Incidentally - when several variants were issued with the same design (eg different nominal values) they all got the same archive number.

  1. 5648 W. J. Mc Cahan Sugar Refining Company in or after 1892
  2. 25722 Tuinucú Sugar Company 1.7.1907
  3. 27641 Cuban-American Sugar Company 1.4.1908
  4. 29300 American Beet Sugar Company 25.5.1909 (stamped)
  5. 30755 Czarnikow-Rionda Company 1909
  6. 34922 The Francisco Sugar Company 1.7.1909
  7. 38934 Santa Cecilia Sugar Company 1.2.1905
  8. 42949 Manati Sugar Company 3.9.1912
  9. 43555 The Southern Sugar Company
  10. 43726 Almada Sugar Corporation
  11. 51698 Cuban-American Sugar Company
  12. 51842 Manati Sugar Company 1.5.1915
  13. 52970 The Cupey Sugar Company 1.7.1915
  14. 55064 Palma Sugar Company 1.9.1916
  15. 56430 The Alto Cedro Sugar Company 1.7.1916
  16. 59350 Sugar Planters' Corporation 1917 (assumed)
  17. 61353 Tacajo Sugar Corporation 1.11.1916
  18. 68205 Tacajo Sugar Corporation 1.2.1919
  19. 71726 Punta Alegre Sugar Company 1915 (assumed)
  20. 71745 West India Sugar Finance Corporation 14.6.1919
  21. 73268 West India Sugar Finance Corporation
  22. 73268 West India Sugar Finance Corporation
  23. 74849 Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation 1.1.1920
  24. 75119 West India Sugar Finance Corporation 14.6.1919
  25. 78614 Santa Cecilia Sugar Corporation 1920 (assumed)
  26. 80453 Cupey Sugar Company 1920 (assumed)
  27. 80183 Utah-Idaho Sugar Company 1.7.1920
  28. 80183 Utah-Idaho Sugar Company 1.7.1920
  29. 84345 Cuban-American Sugar Company 15.3.1921
  30. 90890 American Sugar Refining Company 2.1.1922
  31. 91309 Santa Cecilia Sugar Corporation 1917 (assumed)
  32. 93074 Godchaux Sugars
  33. 93642 The Francisco Sugar Company 15.5.1922
  34. 93642 The Francisco Sugar Company 1.5.1922
  35. 93429 Manati Sugar Company 1.4.1922
  36. 94298 Punta Alegre Sugar Company 1.7.1922
  37. 94541 Compañía Azucarera Baraguá 15.7.1922
  38. 94541 Compañía Azucarera Baraguá 15.7.1922
  39. 98618 Compañía Azucarera Ermita 1923 (assumed)
  40. S3170 Compañía Azucarera Salamanca 1923 (assumed)
  41. S3170 Compañía Azucarera Salamanca 1923 (assumed)
  42. S5382 Compañía Azucarera Salamanca 1.7.1923
  43. S7327 North American Sugar Company S.A. 22.8.1923
  44. S8668 Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation
  45. S11950 Cespedes Sugar Company 1.9.1924
  46. S11965 Punta Alegre Sugar Company 1.7.1922
  47. S13304 Atlantic Fruit & Sugar Company
  48. S13394 Acadia Sugar Refining Company 1.1.1920
  49. S20072 Compañía Azucarera Andres Gómez Mena 1925 (assumed)
  50. S37918 Amsterdam Trading Company 3.11.1927
  51. S55946 The Southern Sugar Company
  52. S90966 Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar Company
  53. S90966Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar Company
  54. S91140 The National Sugar Refining Company
  55. S93523 Cuban-American Sugar Company
  56. B47763 Caribbean Sugar Company 2.8.1926
  57. F3975 Compañía Azucarera Altamira 1914 (assumed)
  58. F4435 Compañía Azucarera Pedro Fernandez de Castro
  59. F5229 Compañía Azucarera Nacional 1916 (assumed)
  60. F5305 Central Cunagua 1.7.1917
  61. F5532 Compañía Azucarera Elia 16.12.1915
  62. F7003 Compañía Azucarera Pedro Fernandez de Castro
  63. F10517 New Gómez Mena Sugar Company 1938
  64. N5202 New Niquero Sugar Company 1.1.1922
  65. 300-3156-68 Central Aguirre Sugar Company 1968
  66. 2-4456-103-72 American Crystal Sugar Company 1972
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