Looks me like the Certificate holders are totally
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There's is considerable hassle in doing anything with Certificates. Need a "source document" from Company - just try and get that - and a lawyer's opinion of lawful ownership. Try getting that for a defunct company and from Atty Koehnke. If you could it would cost hundreds in his fees alone to harvest the loss . Worth if to try if the losses are large but I am not sure it would ever be successful. Someone tell me you've already done it and I'll be heartened.
Even those with trading shares can be caught in a bind as once a stock goes gray and stops trading there is no bid/ask and no way to show the loss -- my understanding from TD Ameritrade. If there's a bid/ask TD Ameritrade has a form to sign and they will buy the defunct shares for a penny and then they can show the loss on a broker's statement. No bid/ask and that doesn't work.