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Old US share certificate found in grandmother's papers

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Mar 26, 2026 · 01:48

Hi, I live in Australia, hoping someone in this group can offer some advice. I recently found out that my grandparents had a safe custody facility in a bank here in South Australia (both deceased since 1997). One of the documents is a certificate in my grandmother's name for 399 shares in a company called United Sciences, Inc., issued in New Jersey in 1986. The letter from her mother's estate explains that these apparently originated from a "reverse split" of 19,950 shares from a company called Fusion Energy Co. After doing some online searches, I have found a United Sciences, Inc. listed in NJ with an entity ID from 1972. I also found the same company on [MissingMoney.com](http://MissingMoney.com), with an address in Princeton, NJ (where my great grandparents lived). The agent from the trust who handled their estate (also in Princeton) is probably long gone. Would you recommend making a claim through Missing Money, or is there a better way to get more information about this? There is no registry or agent name on the certificate, and it appears to predate the SEC database. Just trying to ascertain if there is any monetary value in this document, or if it's simply going to be something cool to hang on to as part of my family history. Any advice would be most appreciated!