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Exhibit 4.2    
    


THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS.

SEE REVERSE SIDE.



	NUMBER

000	 	 	 	SHARES

0
	Organized Under the Laws of the State of Delaware

COASTAL BANCSHARES ACQUISITION CORP.
	

 	
 	
Common Stock	
 	

 
	
Authorized Shares 50,000,000	
 	

 	
 	

Cusip 19041F 10 7




This Certifies that Specimen is the
  registered holder of Zero and no/100 Shares

of the fully paid and nonassessable shares of the par value of $.01 each of the Common Stock

of



Coastal Bancshares Acquisition Corp.  


        transferable only on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon

surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the

Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

Witness the seal of the Corporation and the

facsimile signatures of its duly

authorized officers.



	
Chief Executive Officer	 	 	 	
Secretary
	

 	
 	

Seal

2004

Delaware	
 	

 










        The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 



	

TEN COM	

—	

as tenants in common	
 	

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—	

____  Custodian

(Cust)	

  ______

(Minor)
	TEN ENT	—	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	Uniform Gifts

to Minors Act
	JT TEN	—	as joint tenants with right of survivorship

under and not as tenants in common	 	 	          

(State)






Additional
Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.



Coastal Bancshares Acquisition Corp. 


        The
Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented therebyare
issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of shares of
Preferred Stock (copies of which may be obtained from the secretary of the Corporation), to all of which the holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents. 


        For
value received,                        hereby sell, assign and transfer unto 



	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE	 	 
	
	 	 	 	 
	

	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
	


	


	

 shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint                        Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation will full power of
substitution in the premises.





	

Dated	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	
	 	 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
	

Signature(s) Guaranteed:	
 	

 
	

 SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION
PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).





The
holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust fund pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement between the Company and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company only in the event of the Company's liquidation or if the holder seeks to convert his respective shares into cash upon a business combination which he voted against and
which is actually completed by the Company. In no other circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust fund. A copy of the Investment Management Trust
Agreement will be made available by the Company upon request by the holder of this certificate. 











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