Buy Goat Milk the Skin Shares to Best Profits

Mail on Sunday (September 21, 2008)

Author: Toby Walne

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WITH stock markets in turmoil and companies imploding, some shares may not be worth the paper they are printed on. But bizarrely, the value of certain share certificates - the paper itself, as opposed to the company that issued it - can be very high indeed.

Scripophily - Greek for 'love of stock' - is the term used to describe the collecting of old bonds and share certificates.

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Buy Goat Milk the Skin Shares to Best Profits

The most valuable are those with historic significance. They are often elaborately decorated and have handwritten signatures.

For example, a highly collectible 19th Century first i...

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