New Delhi, March 13 -- Imagine someone getting physical shares of a blue chip company like Reliance Industries (RIL), which their parents may have bought nearly four decades ago and are now worth a fortune.

This is exactly what happened to Chandigarh-based Rattan Dhillon, who stumbled upon a few old RIL share certificates while cleaning a cupboard at his home. The investment, he shared, was done 37 years ago.

He posted pictures of the physical share certificates issued in 1987. They are signed by Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries and the late father of Mukesh D Ambani, the current chairman and managing director of RIL.

In his first post on March 11, Dhillon wrote that he found the shares at home and was not sure what to ...