ENGLAND: 2,5% £100- CONSOLS aka WAR LOAN - 1933 - UNCANCELLED

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ENGLAND:
2,5% £100- CONSOLIDATED STOCK  1933
a.k.a  WAR LOAN, UNDATED LOAN or PERPETUALS
UNCANCELLED BEARER CERTIFICATE
INCLUDES COUPONS DUE July, 1939 through October, 1948
Consols
(originally short for consolidated annuities, but subsequently taken to mean consolidated stock) was a name given to certain government debt issues in the form of perpetual bonds, redeemable at the option of the government. They were issued by the BANK OF ENGLAND. The first British Consols were issued in 1751. They have now been fully redeemed.
These 2​
1
⁄
2
% bonds were redeemed on 5 July 2015 and this bond can still be cashed. But-of course-it is worth more this way.
YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE THE PRINTED MESSAGE FOUND ABOVE THE LAST COUPONS
:
"When the coupons are exhausted, this Certificate will be exchanged, on presentation at the Bank of England,
for a new Certificate
with further Coupons attached."
OF COURSE:
THE NEW CERTIFICATE WOULD ALSO
PRINT A
DIFFERENT DATE
!
i.e. 1948
THUS CONCLUSIVELY SUGGESTING THAT YOU WILL
NOT EVER
FIND ANOTHER BOND LIKE THIS UNLESS THE COUPONS OF OVER 80 YEARS WERE PASSED OVER.     HOW LIKELY IS THAT?
RARITY COULD NOT BE EXPRESSED ANY BETTER!
FOUR BONDS FOUND RECENTLY AND LIKELY THE SOLE SURVIVORS. ALL FOUR BONDS PICTURED (two pictures each) PLUS REVERSE OF ONE BOND. NOTE ONE REATTACHED SINGLE COUPON ON EACH BOND.
PRINTED ON "BANK OF ENGLAND" WATERMARKED PAPER. FRENCH REVENUE STAMP.