In their heyday, however, companies competed to create the most visually impressive certificates. The best are appealing examples of the printer's art. Some stock certificates are now collectors ...

Companies issued paper stock certificates, possession of which proved that you, for example, owned 100 shares of the American Cotton Oil Company. As such, they had real value. But do they still?

for example, the company has long since closed. Happening upon old stock certificates is pretty common when going through storage and old documents. In the past, investors received physical ...