Get your Google Stock Certificate Right Here

Well it has been one year since Google went public and what a year it has been. Those who got in at $85 made out like bandits with the stock currently around $300.00. Google has had great earnings and hopefully will have more to come.

I wanted to get a share of Google to frame on my wall, but I don’t see anyone like oneshare selling them. I tried to place an order through etrade to get a paper certificate for my stake in Google, but the order was canceled. Maybe they aren’t giving out paper certificates to us mere mortals – or maybe people just don’t want to pay $300+ for a piece of paper to put on their wall. I am knowledgeable about the stock market, but paper certificates aren’t in much demand – and therefore I know little about them.

Never fear – I found a copy of it buried in Google’s SEC filings. It doesn’t print out quite as nice as a real paper certificate would, but if you put it under a frame and fill it out for a few million shares – no one will be the wiser – and you’ll be a billion dollars richer. Just click on the picture for the higher quality bitmap.

Posted by Chris on Friday, August 19th, 2005 at 12:29 am.