Can I redeem a stock certificate that is 60+ years old and the company they belonged to has since been bought out by another company?

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I thought there was a possibility of signing over your shares physically on the back of the certificate, the buyer would send the physical certificate to the brokerage showing the transfer, the transfer would be made electronically and the certificate would then be destroyed.