A certificate is an official document affirming some fact. For example, a birth certificate or death certificate testifies to basic facts regarding a person's birth or death. A certificate may also certify that a person has received specific education or has passed a test, and is considered below the standard of an academic degree.
Due to the low cost of production as compared to other awards like trophies or plaques, certificates are used to recognize most any minor achievement throughout many levels of society. For example, in U.S. schools certificates of attendance are given to students who miss less than a certain number of days of school. A matriculating elementary or secondary school student may receive a certificate stating he was most improved in science, mathematics, or a language. Certificates are often used as an inexpensive positive reinforcement to encourage desired behaviors in many contexts.
In computing and especially computer security and cryptography, the word certificate generally refers to a digital identity certificate, also known as a public key certificate. It also may be awarded as a necessary certification to validate that a student is considered competent in a certain specific networking skill area in today's ubiqutous and necessary information technology. Thus a computer engineer or computer science graduation most likely will have to obtain additional certificates on and pertaining to the specific technologies or equipments used by the hiring corporation; if not, such employer may suffer unwanted penalties like foregoing (voiding the contract) the protections of a certain level of customer service or warranties.
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Certificate Collector - Scripophily, Stocks and Bonds - A non commercial site dedicated to a collection of over 500 antique stocks and bonds. Includes detailed images on all pieces and plenty of research.
Meta Description: [ Stock certificate images and research from one man's private scripophily collection. ]
FINANCE AREA - Fragments of Financial History - Scripophily: vintage stock certificates for the far-seeing collector.
Meta Description: [ Scripophily; FINANCE AREA Scripophily. Scripophily Specialist. Vintage, selected stock and bond certificates. Continuous eBay auctions! ]
Finnish Share Certificates - An extensive, illustrated list of share certificates of Finnish quoted companies. The limited text is in Finnish, but the value of this list is in the images themselves.
Meta Description: [ Pörssiyhtiöiden keräilykohteina olevia vanhoja osakekirjoja. Collectable old shares and bonds, obsolete financial papers. Historiska värdepapper, gamla aktiebrev. Historische Wertpapiere. Aktien und Anleihen aus Finnland. ]
Franky's Scripophily Spot - Scripophily is the activity of collecting old antique stocks and bonds including the research of the companies, organizations and people (famous autographs) that issued the certificates.
Frauds, Phonies and Scams - Bond scams page run by US Government agency. Facts on gold bonds, and phoney US securities.
Meta Description: [ Main scams page ]
Galerie Numistoria - Discover the treasures of French and international scripophily from this on-line scripophily dealership.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the biggest online scripophily gallery ! Discover more than 3000 old stocks and bonds of the French and international scripophily ! ]
Historic Stock Market - Papeis de crédito e documentos financeiros históricos - Discover the fascinating world of historic stock and bond certificates and surf through our extensive and illustrated data base.
Meta Description: [ Historic Stock Market • Mercato per i certificati azionari ed i documenti storici • Inseriamo in continuazione nuovi Titoli nel nostro sito web. La nostra Newsletter vi informa, su nuove offerte relative alla tematica “Titoli e Documenti Finanziari storici”. ]
Hugo van der Molen's Scripophily Page - Interesting historic stocks and bonds, for sale from a large collection, categorized according to countries and topics.
HWP-Info - Information for collectors of old bonds and shares.
Meta Description: [ COLLECTORS ITEMS AS AN INVESTMENT ]
International Bond and Share Society - IBSS is an association of certificate collectors. If you are a collector then it is worth to join as they provide quaterly news and membership directory.
Meta Description: [ Scripophily - stock, bond and share collectors and dealers resource offered by The Bond and Share Society. Links to scripophily dealers, auctioneers and online galleries ]
Old Russian Railroad Bonds - The largest collection of Russian Railroad bonds on the net!. Site has also links to other pages with other Russian Stocks and Bonds and scripophily items from other countries.
Professional Scripophily Trade Association - A Professional Scripophily Trade Association of Dealers to help promote the study and collection of Scripophily and Business History.
Meta Description: [ Scripophily, PSTA, Scripophily Organization - We are committed to promoting the hobby of Scripophily - Collecting Stock and Bond Certificates ]
Scripex - The Scripophily Exchange - Scripophily auctions and interesting gallery of Polish certificates. Mostly in English, some pages also in Polish.
Meta Description: [ First Polish Internet Scripophily Site - Pierwsza Polska Strona Internetowa Poświęcona Starym Papierom Wartościowym ]
Scripophily and Ephemera Collection - E. Bircanoglu's scripophily and financial ephemera collection. Gallery of Ottoman and Turkish financial documents.
Meta Description: [ E.Bircanoglu's scripophily and financial ephemera collection ]
Scripophily from Italy - Italian language site with a gallery, certificates for sale, and links to similar sites.
Meta Description: [ Scripophily: Ephemera antique stocks and bonds. Railroad stocks and bonds. International bonds and shares. Collectible stocks and bonds, sports autographs, historical documents and antique paper. ]
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The Museum of Scripophily - Collection is focused on historical stocks of American banks, mostly from the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Meta Description: [ The Museum of Scripophily - American Financial History on Stock Certificates ]
WHACO - A service organization for collectors of historic autographs, stocks, bonds, certificates, and scripophily related items.
Meta Description: [ WHACO! is a service organization for colletors of historic autographs, stocks, bonds, and certificates. Collection of antique stock and bond certificates is called Scripophily. ]
Wirtualne Muzeum Papierow Wartosciowych - Interesting virtual scrip gallery. Unfortunately description is in Polish only.
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