Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Independent auditors"
and to the use of our  report  dated  February  5,  1998  in the  Post-Effective
Amendment  Number 24 to Registration  Statement  Number 33-22503 on Form S-1 and
related  prospectus of IDS Certificate  Company for the  registration of its IDS
Stock Market Certificate.

Our audits also included the financial  statements  schedules of IDS Certificate
Company  referred  to in  Item  16(b)  of  this  Registration  Statement.  These
schedules  are the  responsibility  of the  management  of the  IDS  Certificate
Company. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our
opinion, the financial statement schedules referred to above, when considered in
relation to the basic financial  statements taken as a whole,  present fairly in
all material respects the information set forth therein.





Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 26, 1999