Zustand: VF , THE BANK OF BENGAL ISSUED OVER A PERIOD OF 50 YEARS QUIET A FEW DIFFERENT STOCK CERTIFICATES. AT LEAST 9 DIFFERENT TYPES. TYPE 1. 500 Rs PER SHARE. DIVISIBLE INTO HALF SHARES AND CONVERTIBLE INTO STOCK. LEFT SIDE "SHARE CERTIFICATE" INSTEAD OF THE BRITANIA. WATERMARK J. WHATMAN 1854, NO PRINTERS NAME. THIS KIND OF CERTIFICATE WAS ONLY ISSUED IN 1876. RARE STOCK FROM THE BANK OF BENGAL. HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THE SHOWN PIECE. NOT NO.4

The Bank of Calcutta (a precursor to the present State Bank of India) was founded on 2 June 1806, mainly to fund General Wellesley's wars against Tipu Sultan and the Marathas. It was the first bank of India and was renamed Bank of Bengal on 2 January 1809. The bank opened branches at Rangoon (1861), Patna (1862), Mirzapur (1862), and Benares (1862). When it became known that the bank intended to open a branch at Dacca, negotiations began that resulted in Bank of Bengal in 1862 amalgamating Dacca Bank (est. 1846).[1] A branch at Cawnpore followed. The Bank of Bengal, and the two other Presidency banks — the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras — amalgamated on 27 January 1921 and the reorganized banking entity assumed the name Imperial Bank of India. The Reserve Bank of India, which is the central banking organization of India, in the year 1955, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India and the Imperial Bank of India was christened on 30 April 1955 as the State Bank of India. Ich bitte um Überweisung auf mein deutsches Konto, um unnötige Kosten zu vermeiden. International bidders are welcome, and the payment can be done by paypal.