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Grand Russian Railway Company

Главное Общество Российскихъ Железныхъ Дорогъ
Other city spellings: Moscou, Moskau, St.-Pétersbourg, Petrograd, Pétrograde, Varsovie, Warschau, Warszawy, Nijni-Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Nischni Nowgorod

Concession granted in January 1857. Capital was 750,000,000 silver roubles in shares of 125 roubles. In addition, there were 10,000 Founders shares. Ordinary shares, when drawn for redemption were replaced by jouissance shares. In 1894, all shares, including jouissance, were converted into the 1894 4% Gold Loan, 6th issue.

The company owned the lines: St. Petersburg-Warsaw (1,288km), Moscow-Nizhni-Novgorod (437km) and also the Nicolas Railway from Moscow to St. Petersburg (644km). The company was nationalised in 1894.

1857

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REF. NO. DENOMINATION DESCRIPTION NO.ISSUED CONDITION VALUE
Shares
101 Founder share ? 10,000 – £-
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102 1 share blue 300,000? – £-
103s 5 shares specimen, green 60,000? – £-
104 1 jouissance share blue and red 1 known
#690		 VF £10,000
105 5 jouissance shares ? ? – £-
1859 4½% Bonds (1st issue)
Issued in two series: First Series – 15,000,000 roubles silver, serial numbers 1-30000, Second Series – 20,000,000 roubles silver, serial numbers 30001-70000. In 1898, holders were offered redemption at par or continuation at 4%. A total of 58,012 bonds were continued at 4%.
111 500 roubles green, black serial number, large eagle, signature above, no overprint 30,000
#9422		 – £-
112 500 roubles – as above but black overprint inc above
#27256		 – £-
113 500 roubles – as above but signature now below eagle inc above
#4856		 – £-
114 500 roubles – as above but small eagle inc above – £-
115 500 roubles duplicate bond with red overprint on reverse ? – £-
116 500 roubles duplicate bond without eagle ? – £-
117 500 roubles 2nd series, red serial number, large eagle, signature above 40,000
#47241		 – £-
118 500 roubles – as above but signature below eagle inc above – £-
119 500 roubles – as above but with small eagle inc above – £-
1861 4% Bonds (2nd issue)
Issued 2,359,625 roubles silver
121 125 roubles green 18,877 VF £25
1881 3% Bonds (3rd issue)
Issued 13,147,000 roubles metallic
126 125 roubles green, with talon 55,176 VF £18
127 125 roubles – as above but with Dutch receipt for talon inc above VF £18
128 625 roubles pink & green, with talon 10,000 VF £25
129 625 roubles – as above but with Dutch receipt for talon inc above VF £25
1888 4% Bonds for Nicolas Railway
Issued 11,800,000 roubles gold
131 625 roubles blue, with coupons 18,880 VF £15
1890 4% Bonds (4th issue)
Issued 15,625,000 roubles gold
136 625 roubles green 25,000 VF £12
1893 4% Bonds
Issued 9,000,000 roubles. In 1898, bonds worth 7,614,300 roubles were repaid by conversion into 1894 4% Rentes.
141 100 roubles ? 2,000 – £-
142 500 roubles ? 1600 – £-
143 1000 roubles ? 7000 – £-
144 5000 roubles ? 200 – £-

Description

One of the great Russian railway companies, founded by the Paris bank Crédit Mobilier (bank of the famous Pereire brothers). It was formed to build the lines St.Petersburg-Warsaw, Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow-Feodosia and Orel-Libava, a total of 4300km. By 1863, the first two lines were completed. In 1868, the company took over the management of the Nicolai Railway (Moscow-St.Petersburg).

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