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2.6 - What are the player certificate limits for shares in one company?

1800 70%.
1824 Normally 60%. This can be exceeded, up to 100%, due to exchanges with Mountain Railways or Coal Railways.
1825, 1829, 1829 Mainline, 1830BC, 1835, 1838 Rheinland, 1860, 1895, 18C2C, 18Rhl Rhineland None.
1826, 1827 Jr., 1837SX, 1846, 1849, 1851, 1861, 18EC, 18FL, 18GA, 18GL, 18Mex, 18NL, 18Scan, 18TN, 18VA, 2038, Steam Over Holland 60%.
1830 5 certificates. Shares in the orange and brown zones do not count towards this. Note that if you play the Reading variant you may hold 70% of the Reading.
1831 None, unless Government intervention is in play, then 70%.
1832, 1850, 1870, 18MW 60%; may be exceeded by 'price protection'. Shares in orange and brown zones do not count towards this.
1837, 18EU 60%. This may be exceeded by minor company exchange but the excess must then be sold at the next opportunity.
1841, 1898 60%. This applies to the total number of shares under each player's control. It may be exceeded by transfers of control but the excess must then be sold at the next opportunity.
1842 60%. Shares in the marked zone of the stock market do not count towards this.
1844 None. But once the player has more than 50% of a company, he may not buy its shares from the initial offering.
1848 In a 3-player game, 70%. Ina 4-, 5- or 6-player game, 60%.
1853 3 or 4 players, 60%; 5 players, 50%; 6 players, 40%. Shares worth 40 or less do not count towards this.
1854 5 certificates.
1856, 1889 60%. Shares in the brown zones do not count towards this.
1862 70% if there are 3 or 4 solvent players, and 60% if there are 5 or more solvent players. Thus if a company redeems half its shares one player may be able to own all that is left of it.
18US For 4-share and 5-share companies, up to 3 shares, for 10-share companies, up to 5 shares, for systems, all 10 shares.
18West 60%; may be exceeded by 'acquisition'.
Crisis 50% for type I companies, 60% for type II companies. Shares in the blue and grey zones do not count towards this.

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