Learned the hard way about stock certificate and bonds, I was in the service Vnam and the company I had with sold out. and the new company they pick up all the out standing Stocks, and never told me, and I lost ever thing big time, I had a 125.00 a mo gov. check going to them, had ( 190 Voting blocks). in 1964 and it (split) in 1966 and when I got back in oct 67 there was none all gone. the did a buy back... and if you are not there for the buy back you just SOL!!! and on the buy back they give you what they want..
not the going price.