Marsh & McLennan Stock Certificate 1979 – Consecutive Pair, 10 Shares

📸 Please Note: This listing is for the exact pair of certificates shown in the photographs.

Two consecutive cancelled stock certificates of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., numbers NY24945 and NY24946, each for 10 shares and dated 26 July 1979. Deep blue engraving by the American Bank Note Company, with an allegorical figure holding an unrolled scroll above a city.

⚡ Extreme Index: 5.7 / 10
Why it's extreme: Two consecutive certificates of the world's largest insurance broker, engraved by the American Bank Note Company.

• History & drama (30%): 6.5/10
• Scarcity (25%): 4/10 (our estimate; Numista does not rate stock certificates)
• Wow factor (20%): 6.5/10
• Age (15%): 5/10
• Condition (10%): 7/10

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📦 Included Certificates:

1. 26 July 1979 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. – 10 shares of common stock, no. NY24945

2. 26 July 1979 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. – 10 shares of common stock, no. NY24946 (consecutive)

📖 History and Significance:
Marsh & McLennan grew out of a Chicago insurance agency: Henry Marsh and Donald McLennan teamed up in 1904, and the firm took the name Marsh & McLennan in 1906. It first offered shares to the public in March 1962, added the Putnam investment funds in 1970 and took the name Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. in 1975. By the time this certificate was issued in 1979 it was the world's largest insurance broker, a position it held for more than twenty years. Today the group is known simply as Marsh McLennan and remains one of the biggest professional-services firms in the world.

🎨 Design Details:
Front: blue ornamental border and an engraved vignette of a classical male figure holding an unrolled scroll, with a city skyline and a dam behind him; "Common Stock" panels, the certificate number and the number of shares, the corporate seal of the Delaware corporation and facsimile signatures of the Secretary and the Chairman of the Board.
Back: the standard transfer form, with the stamps of the transfer.

🔍 Collector Features:

• Type: Cancelled (redeemed) common stock certificate
• Company: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
• Incorporated: State of Delaware
• Date: 26 July 1979
• Shares: 10 shares each
• Certificate numbers: NY24945 and NY24946 (consecutive)
• Colour: Blue
• Transfer agent: Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
• CUSIP: 571748 10 2
• Printer: American Bank Note Company

✅ Condition Guide:
XF (Extremely Fine) / Cancelled. An unfolded certificate with crisp paper and sharp engraving. Like every redeemed certificate it was cancelled by the transfer agent, so it shows punch-hole cancellations and transfer stamps, mainly on the back.

Cancelled certificates are collectibles only. They carry no ownership rights and have no value as shares.