Now known as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ AAPL) the company was known as Apple Computer Inc. for the first 30 years but dropped the "Computer" in 2007 making this a historic piece. Apple is a world recognized computer company led by it's world famous CEO Steve Jobs. STAMPED WITH SMALL PUNCH HOLES: 10 12 88 and SPECIMEN Specimen stock certificates are certificates that were archived by printers and the company as perfect examples of the companyï¾’s stock issue. Specimenï¾’s can be identified by their ﾓspecimen stamp, stamped holes spelling ﾓspecimenï¾â€ï¾, or they are often issued with a serial number of a series of zeros. Often, they are also issued with no serial number at all. Specimens can also represent a design that was never issued. All of these attributes make the specimen stock certificate rarer than the issued version of the share. Many enthusiasts collect specimens as a whole new category of Scripophily. Signed (in plate) by John Sculley. More Detail About Specimen Certificates: Specimen Certificates are actual certificates that have never been issued. They were usually kept by the printers in their permanent archives as their only example of a particular certificate. Sometimes you will see a hand stamp on the certificate that says "Do not remove from file". Specimens were also used to show prospective clients different types of certificate designs that were available. Specimen certificates are usually much scarcer than issued certificates. In fact, many times they are the only way to get a certificate for a particular company because the issued certificates were redeemed and destroyed. In a few instances, Specimen certificates were made for a company but were never used because a different design was chosen by the company. These certificates are normally stamped "Specimen" or they have small holes spelling the word specimen. Most of the time they don't have a serial number, or they have a serial number of 00000. This is an exciting sector of the hobby that has grown in popularity over the past several years.

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