CFS Financial Corporation stock certificate specimen

Ornate company logo with a circle of stars vignette on this uncommon specimen stock cert.  Specimen certificates are printer samples and never issued as a security.

Based in Fairfax VA, the company was incorporated 1984 and was acquired by Crestar Financial in 1993. Crestar became part of Suntrust Banks in 1998.    CFS Financial Corporation, through its subsidiary, Continental Federal Savings Bank, attracted deposits from the general public in Virginia and invest such deposits in real estate loans, mortgage-backed securities, consumer and corporate loans and investment securities. In addition, Continental, through its subsidiaries, was an insurance broker and real estate developer.