History
Physical Google Stock Certificate History.
Google was Founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California.
Google Inc., Was Incorporated in Delaware on October 22, 2002.
Google Inc., Google IPO on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange on August 19, 2004.
Google Inc., Made 7 Physical Google Stock Certificate Specimen Stocks For The Google IPO on August 23, 2004.
During The Google Initial Public Offering Process, Google Partnered with American Banknote Company and US Bank Note Company for the Production of Only 7 Physical Google Stock Certificate Specimens in 2004.
By 2004, Stock owned by Stockholders was Owned Digitally in Book-Entry and Recorded Digitally. Google Inc., Did Not Issue Stock Certificates to Stockholders like every other Company that has Since Discontinued the Issuance of Physical Stock Certificates.
Google Inc., Partnered with American Banknote Company and United States Banknote Company and Produced Only 7 Physical Google Stock Certificate Specimen Stocks on August 23, 2004.
The Google Stock Specimen is Authentic Stock Certificate of Google Inc., and it is a Specimen meaning it is Not issued to Any Specific Investor Rather it is an Ornamental Item Serving as Corporate Stock Certificate Business Art.
American Banknote Company and United States Banknote Company Listed The Remaining 6 Google Stock Certificates For Sale in which they were Sold to a Private Company.
That Private Company Combined The Google Stock Certificates into a Bulk Scripophily Piece Collection, Then Listed The Combined Piece Stock Certificate Collection For Sale.
World Renowned Scripophilists George H. Labarre Galleries of New Hampshire Bought The Google Stocks in The Combined Stock Certificate Collection.
In December 2023, There Was an UnOfficial Google Stock Certificate Specimen IPO Offered on eBay For Physical Google Stock Certificates in Which All 6 Google Stock Certificates were Sold By Labarre Galleries.
In February 2024, The Last Google Stock Certificate was Sold Complete with a Certificate of Authenticity Authenticated By Mr. Chris Labarre of George H. Labarre Galleries in New Hampshire USA.