Tandem Computers Specimen Stock Certificate

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Product Code: SC1931

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This rare Tandem Computers Inc specimen stock certificate was printed in 1990. Tandem was founded in 1974 by James Treybig who worked for HP and saw the need for fault tolerance in online transaction processing for ATMs, Banks, Stock Exchanges and more. They would become one of the fastest growing companies in the 1980s. They were purchased by Compaq in 1997 and ultimately Hewlett-Packard when they purchased Compaq.

Specimen stock certificates are certificates that were archived by printers and the company as perfect examples of the company’s stock issue. Specimen’s can be identified by their “specimen” stamp, stamped holes spelling “specimen”, 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.