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Value of Old Stock

Here are three possible ways to check on the value of old, defunct, or obscure stocks:

• Call a stock broker. Many brokers have the Financial Stock Guide Service, which helps in stock searching. This is probably not a free service.
• Call or write a stock searching company. For a fee they will search inactive, unlisted and obscure securities. Two such companies are is R.M. Smythe. (http://www.smytheonline.com/) and Stock Search International (http://www.stocksearchintl.com/) The Library does not recommend nor endorse either company.
• To determine if old stock certificates were issued by a company still in existence, write to the Secretary of State of the state in which the stock was issued. This is a free service.

Source: Staff

Verified by: GD, 3-2002

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