# 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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If you are interested in stock certificates qua art here is a [short thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stock-bond-certificates/810014) that you might be interested in.

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Now at that time you would either have been notified by mail that your ownership record was in the central registry, your certificates are null & void, and if you ever wanted to sell your shares contact your own brokerage.

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.

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