PLAYBOY 1972 SPECIMEN Stock Certificate - Willy Rey Vignette - Hugh Hefner

Description

Rare, vintage 1972 Playboy Enterprises, Inc. stock certificate, featuring a vignette of the February 1971 Playmate of the Month - Dutch model Willy Rey.
This certificate is a 'specimen' - part of a small run of certificates by the engraver (American Bank Note Company) to show the client, and typically kept securely on the premises of the engraver, and not issued.  Specimen certificates are much more rare than issued certs.  As many of you already know, paper stock certificates have for the most part now also gone away in favor of electronic 'book-entry' stock ownership.  Physical certificates have become very collectible, and an important part of Wall Street history.
History:
Playboy
was founded in Chicago in 1953, by
Hugh Hefner
and his associates, and funded in part by a ,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
Notable for its
centerfolds
of
nude
and semi-nude
models
(
Playmates
),
Playboy
played an important role in the
sexual revolution
and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
(PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium.
In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special
nation-specific versions
of
Playboy
are published worldwide.
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