EXHIBIT 4.3  SPECIMIN SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE


                     SEE RESTRICTIVE LEDGEND ON REVERSE
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***Number***           INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF          ***Shares***
************               THE STATE OF FLORIDA                ************
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** 2-A-1  **                                                   ** -500-  **
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***                     ABLE TELCOM HOLDING CORP.                       ***
***                     AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK                        ***
***         25,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $.001          ***
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***         1,000,000 Shares of Preferred Stock, Par Value $.10         ***
***         Including 1,200 Shares of Series A Preferred Stock          ***
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***       This Certifies That  CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION   ***
***       is the registered holder of   ***FIVE HUNDRED (500)*** shares ***
***       of the Series A Preferred Stock, fully paid and non-assesable ***
***       transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the      ***
***       holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of      ***
***       this Certificate properly endorsed.                           ***
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***       In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this      ***
***       Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers      ***
***       and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed                 ***
***             this   28   day               of  December  A.D. 1996   ***
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***       /s/Daniel L. Osborne   |**seal**|     /s/ William J. Mercurio ***
***       __________________      \******/      _______________________ ***
***                Secretary       \****/                     President ***
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN
STATES.  THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND
RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT
AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION
THEREFROM AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.  iNVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT
THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN 
INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.  THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN 
OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE
EFFECT  THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.




For Value Received_____hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
_______________________________________
|Please Insert Social Security or other|
|     Identifying Number or Assignee   |
|_____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________shares
represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint_________________________________________________________ Attorney to 
transfer the said Shares on the books of the within named Corporation with full
power of subsitution in the premisies
   Dated ________________ 19___
       in presence of ___________________________________________________

***Notice the signature of this assignment must correspond with the name as 
written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without
affermation or enlargement or any change whatever.***