scrip-o-phile (skrip′ə fil′), n. a person who practices scripophily. Also: scri-poph-i-list (skri pof′ə list). [1975–80, SCRIP¹ + -O- + -PHILE]
scri-poph-i-ly (skri pof′ə lē), n. the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity. [1975–80, SCRIP¹ + -O- + -PHILY]
Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, 1996
SCRIPOPHILY (scrip-af-il-ly), the collecting of canceled old stocks and bonds, gained recognition as a hobby around the mid-1970s. The word resulted combining words from English and Greek. The word "scrip" represents an ownership right and the word "philos" means to love. Today there are thousands of collectors worldwide in search of scarce, rare, and popular stocks and bonds. Collectors who come from the a variety of businesses enjoy this as a hobby, although there are many who consider
Scripophily an good investment. In fact, over the past several years, this hobby has exploded. Modern Dot companies and Scandals have been particularly popular.
http://scripophily.net/cp-what.htmlCollecting old stock and bond certificates, known as
scripophily — a term that came into use in the last half of the 1970s — is a relatively new pursuit, only 20 to 30 years old, with about 20,000 participants worldwide.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/08/your-money/...Old bonds and share certificates can be big, ornate and colourful, often with beautifully engraved vignettes - worth framing as presents. Collecting them, known as
scripophily, is a relatively new hobby with a future; there has been little cataloguing, apart from American issues, and prices will rise as the market becomes more sophisticated.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2002/dec/01/c...http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/sitesear...Scripophilie ist das Sammeln historischer Aktien oder Anleihen und Optionsscheine.
http://www.onpulson.de/lexikon/4351/scripophilie/Die „Créme de la Créme“ der
scripophilen amerikanischen Autographenaktien mit den Paraphen von Henry Wells und William G. Fargo auf der American Express Gründeraktie, eingetragen auf und als Treasurer original signiert von Alexander Holland. [...] Das Deutschlandangebot wartet - erstmalig in der Geschichte der
Scripophilie - mit einer vollständige Dokumentation aller Aktienemissionen der Frankfurter Bank von 1854 bis 1968 auf, des weiteren länger nicht angebotene Kuxe und Aktien aus dem Siegerland, Bergbau- und Hütten-Actiengesellschaft Lenne-Ruhr [...]
http://www.tschoepe.de/auktion55/auktion55.htmVgl. auch:
Scrip [skrɪp] der; -s, -s (aus gleichbed. engl.
scrip, gekürzt aus subscription "Unterzeichnung, Unterschrift; Beglaubigung", dies über das (Alt)fr. aus lat. subscriptio zu subscribere "unterschreiben; genehmigen): 1. Interimsschein als Ersatz für noch nicht fertig gestellte Stücke von neu ausgegebenen Wertpapieren. 2. Gutschein über nicht gezahlte Zinsen, durch den der Zinsanspruch zunächst abgegolten ist; vgl. Dollarscrips
Duden - Das große Fremdwörterbuch, Mannheim u. Leipzig, 2000
