AMERIPRISE CERTIFICATE COMPANY
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

City of Minneapolis

State of Minnesota

The undersigned as a director and officer of Ameriprise Certificate Company, a
face-amount certificate company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, hereby constitutes and appoints Brian J. McGrane, David K. Stewart,
Scott R. Plummer, and Christopher O. Petersen or any one of them, as his
attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign for him in his name, place and stead any
and all registration statements and amendments thereto (with all exhibits and
other documents required or desirable in connection therewith) that may be
prepared from time to time in connection with said Company's existing or
future face-amount certificate products - whether pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or otherwise
- - and periodic reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K required pursuant
to provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any necessary or
appropriate filings with states or other jurisdictions, and grants to any or
all of them the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
required or necessary or appropriate in connection with such signatures or
filings.

Signed on this 1st day of August, 2006
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/s/ William F. (Ted) Truscott
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    William F. (Ted) Truscott