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Exhibit 4.1    
    


SPECIMEN
UNIT CERTIFICATE 



	NUMBER	 	UNITS
	U-	 	 





See
Reverse for

certain definitions 


COASTAL BANCSHARES ACQUISITION CORP. 


CUSIP
19041F 20 6 


UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND TWO WARRANTS

EACH TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK 


THIS
CERTIFIES THAT                        is the owner
of                        Units. 


Each
Unit ("Unit") consists of one (1) share of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of Coastal Bancshares Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and two
warrants (the "Warrants"). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock for $5.00 per share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant will become exercisable on the
later of the Company's completion of a business combination or                        , 2004 and will expire unless exercised
before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on                        , 2008, or earlier
upon redemption (the "Expiration Date"). The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate are not transferable separately prior
to                        , 2004, subject to
earlier separation in the discretion of I-Bankers Securities Incorporated and Newbridge Securities Corporation. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of
            , 2004, between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which
terms and
provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent
at                        , and are available to any
Warrant holder on written request and without cost. 


        This
certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company. 



        Witness
the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers. 








By



COASTAL BANCSHARES ACQUISITION CORP.

CORPORATE

SEAL

2004 


DELAWARE




	
 Chairman of the Board	 	
 Secretary




COASTAL BANCSHARES ACQUISITION CORP. 


        The
Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. 


        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

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—            Custodian            under Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act           

                                      (Cust)
                   (Minor)
                                         
                 (state)
 




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


        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) 


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


Dated            



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




Signature(s)
Guaranteed: 



	
	 	 





THE
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. 


KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE COMPANY WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A
REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.











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