If I had my broker send me my stock certificates how difficult would it be to sell those shares later on?

SCOOPNJ78 answered 11 months ago …

hi, You can sell it rather quickly. BUT most online brokers charge to get certs and also to take in physical stock. Of course, you could lose them if you had them and now most people keep it with their brokers. That was not the case before the mid-80's when most wanted their certs. At that time there were a lot of old timers that rememer the post 1929 period and also the 1969-74 period when brokers went under and before SIPC. There was even a time when custodian accounts for minors had to take delivery of their stocks. That has all changed now, all members of the NYSE, NASD have at least $500,000 protection and most firms over insurance above that now