In 1980, Jaenike said, 11.7 million corporate certificates were withdrawn for retail customers. By 1990 that had dropped to 4.8 million. ”The trendline is almost a continuous one,” said Jaenike.

Most states do not require a corporation to issue a paper stock certificate -- that is, the corporation's board can authorize issuance of shares without the need for certificates.

For example, all transactions, such as a merger or spinoff, can only proceed when the paper certificates are signed and mailed to the company. Also, compliance becomes much more difficult to address.

A corporate charter contains the name and address of the company, its purpose, the number of outstanding shares of stock and other important qualities, such as, for example, an intention to ...

Scripophily.com is a major U.S. buyer and seller of old stock and bond certificates in a variety of categories. They advertise more than 10,000 certificates for sale, and their site has pictures ...

In a recent case, “Grace Borgoña, et al. vs. Abra Valley Colleges Inc., G.R. No. 204089, dated July 29, 2015,” the Supreme Court ruled that the presentation of a stock certificate was not ...