Brink's Incorporated specimen stock certificate c1983 (Virginia) - armored trucks

Rare specimen (printers sample) for Brink's! The vignette has a classical male figure holding a globe in front of a map of the United States. The 1981 version of the company logo is in the left border. Unissued and cancelled. Circa 1983 from corporate records. Measures approximately 12 x 8 inches.

The Brink's Company is an American cash handling company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Its operations include cash-in-transit, ATM replenishment & maintenance, and cash management & payment services, such as vault outsourcing, money processing, intelligent safe services, and international transportation of valuables. Founded in 1859 by Perry and Fidelia Brink of Chicago, Illinois, Brink's business evolved from local armored transportation services to providing corporate financial logistics and international secure transportation.

The company's first stock was sold in 1879 as "Brink's Express Company," but the simpler name was not widely used until 1919, when the first non-Chicago Brink's branch was opened in Cleveland. The Brink's Express Company shield logo, often cast in metal and affixed to the side of armored trucks, signified the strength and security of the company's operations.

In 1962, Brink's was acquired by Pittston, a coal company. Burlington Air Express was acquired in 1982. Brink's Home Security was started in 1983. Pittston sold off its coal assets in the 2000s and renamed the company Brink's. Brink's began offering home security alarm systems in 1982. In 2008, it was spun off into a separate publicly traded company, despite accounting for 15% of the company's revenue that year. The company rebranded as Broadview Security in 2009 with a massive advertising campaign.

In 2010, Broadview was sold to Tyco International, then-owner of ADT, for $2 billion. The acquisition closed in mid-2010, after which the Broadview name and product line were discontinued, with its operations merged into ADT. Brink's later re-entered the home security industry in 2018, through a trademark licensing deal with Monitronics International, which currently offers services under the name Brink's Home.

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