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# Old Stock and Bond Certificates

An old stock or bondcertificate may still be valuable even if it no longer trades under the nameprinted on the certificate. The company may have merged with another company orsimply changed its name. Keep in mind that due to corporate reorganizations(such as splits, mergers, or reverse mergers), the current share price may notbe useful in determining the certificate's value, if any.  If the name of thetransfer agent is printed on the certificate, contacting the transfer agent isthe easiest way to learn about the certificate.  If the transfer agent whosename appears on the certificate is no longer in existence, contacting the stateagency that handles incorporations in the state in which the company wasincorporated may prove useful.  Certificate holders who have a brokerageaccount may want to ask their broker if they can assist in researching thecertificate. 

Other research resources maybe found on the Internet, at public libraries, stock exchanges, orstockbrokers' offices. Even if you learn that a certificate has no investment value,you may find that the certificate itself has value as a collectible.

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