China: Pekin Syndicate Limited, bearer share certificate for 1 Shansi share of £1, 19[13], ordinary share capital shown as 399,000 shares, vignettes of harbour scene flanked by steam train and mine, ornate border, green, yellow and black, with coupons. An Anglo-Italian company incorporated in 1897 with a view to obtaining mining concessions and to establish a note-issuing bank to finance further projects. These certificates represent the issue made following the granting of the huge concessions in Shansi Province which included coal mining and railway construction. VF.