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To: hunchback who wrote (34)	3/28/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: Don Pueblo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 752

Yes. Sign the back and send them to me immediately. I'M KIDDING! Don't sign the certificate! I'll ask around, but my first thought would be to contact the NYSE nyse.com and ask them. Let me see if I can find anything else out.

To: hunchback who wrote (34)	3/28/1999 6:58:00 PM
From: bluejeans	Respond to of 752

I found this response on another message board and it seemed to have some possibility. The company could have been bought-out or operating under a different name so you might want to go to your local library and ask whether or not they have any reference guides that list older or retired securities. S&P has such a guide. A little more time intensive method would be to call the transfer agent listed on the stock certificate. Although, they may no longer be in business either. Probably the easiest way though is just to deposit the stock with a brokerage firm. In order to depost the stock they will have to match the CUSIP number so they can price the security in your account. They end up doing all the legwork. or you can pay a firm like Stock Search International 800-537-4523 Email: ssi@stocksearchintl.com or try this link: paperchaseintl.com

To: hunchback who wrote (34)	3/29/1999 2:53:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 752

hback, at the very worst, if it turns out to be nothing, it may still have some value to collectors of antique stock certs. scripophily.com

To: hunchback who wrote (34)	3/29/1999 4:31:00 PM
From: Brian D. Potts	Respond to of 752

This may sound simplistic, but if you have a brokerage account, sign and deposit the certificates. It's worth a shot. My mother in law recently passed away and she had a safe deposit box full of stock certificates. She owned AT&T before the baby bells were created and whenever she got new stock certificates she just put them in the safe deposit box. I deposited them into an estate account that was opened with Fidelity and they handled all of the subsequent merger and split transactions. Just a thought Brian Potts