EXHIBIT 4


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COMMON STOCK              NITTANY FINANCIAL CORP.
CERTIFICATE NO. ______
                          INCORPORATED UNDER THE

          LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA               SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

         THIS CERTIFIES THAT:  __________________________________

         IS THE OWNER OF:       __________________________________

              FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK,
                          $0.10 PAR VALUE PER SHARE OF



                             NITTANY FINANCIAL CORP.





         The shares represented by this certificate are transferable only on the
stock  transfer  books of the  corporation  by the  holder of  record  hereof in
person,  or by his duly authorized  attorney or legal  representative,  upon the
surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares
represented  hereby are issued and shall be held  subject to all the  provisions
contained  in  the  corporation's  official  corporate  papers  filed  with  the
Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  (copies of which are on
file with the Transfer Agent), to all of the provisions the holder by acceptance
hereof, assents.



              THIS      SECURITY  IS  NOT  A  DEPOSIT  OR  ACCOUNT  AND  IS  NOT
                        FEDERALLY INSURED OR GUARANTEED.

         In Witness Whereof, Nittany Financial Corp. has caused this certificate
to be executed by the signatures of its duly authorized  officers and has caused
its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed.


DATED:

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PRESIDENT                                                              SECRETARY


                                      SEAL
                                Incorporated 1997


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                             NITTANY FINANCIAL CORP.

         The  Board  of  Directors  of  the   corporation   is   authorized   by
resolution(s),  from time to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of serial
preferred stock in series and to fix and state the voting powers,  designations,
preferences, and relative,  participating,  optional, or other special rights of
the  shares  of each  such  series  and  the  qualifications,  limitations,  and
restrictions  thereof.  The  corporation  will furnish to any  shareholder  upon
request and  without  charge a full  description  of each class of stock and any
series thereof.

         The shares  represented  by this  certificate  may not be  cumulatively
voted in the election of directors of the corporation. The Articles also require
the approval of not less than 80% of the corporation's voting stock prior to the
corporation  engaging  in  certain  business  combinations  (as  defined  in the
Articles).  This  restriction  does not apply if certain  approvals are obtained
from the Board of  Directors.  The  affirmative  vote of  holders  of 80% of the
outstanding  shares  of  capital  stock  of the  corporation  entitled  to  vote
generally in the election of directors  (considered for this purpose as a single
class) is required to amend this and certain other provisions of the Articles.

         The following  abbreviations,  when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate,  shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:


                                                
TEN COM - as tenants in common   UNIF TRANS MIN ACT -         Custodian
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                                                        (Cus)            (Minor)

                                                                   
TEN ENT -  as tenants by the entireties               under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

JT TEN  -  as joint tenants with right of             -------------------------------------
           survivorship and not as tenants                       (State)
           in common


     Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 FOR VALUE RECEIVED                        hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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   (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)
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shares of the common stock  represented by the within  certificate and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                                                        Attorney
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to transfer  the said shares on the books of the within named  corporation  with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated                                       X
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                                            X
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         NOTICE:  The signatures to this  assignment  must  correspond  with the
name(s) as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:
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                            THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE
                            GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS,  SAVINGS
                            AND  LOAN  ASSOCIATIONS,   AND  CREDIT  UNIONS  WITH
                            MEMBERSHIP  IN  AN  APPROVED   SIGNATURE   GUARANTEE
                            MEDALLION PROGRAM) PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.