Mikal

Mikal is a very unique individual.

He first contacted me wanting to trade an old stock certificate from a company that was now defunct. I thought he was just making fun of me, turns out he was serious.

He introduced me to the world of Scripophily: the collecting of bond & stock certificates.

I had never heard of such a thing, but after he explained it all to me and I "googled" it, turns out it is a pretty big deal. Even with all he told me, I didn't think a worthless stock certificate would trade very well, so I told him "no can do".

Mikal was determined. He then offered up the military map case along with humorous copy to entice me. It worked!

Turns out he wanted to trade for the May 1983 issue to surprise his wife...I think it was the month in which they were married.