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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000018748-23-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230210
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230210
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230210

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000018748
		IRS NUMBER:				131875970
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00179
		FILM NUMBER:		23611212

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		630 FIFTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 820
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-698-2020

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		630 FIFTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 820
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10111

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRANS CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19700722

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BUERGER LADET & RADINSKY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19671026
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Central Securities Corporation:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Central Securities Corporation (the Corporation) as of and for the
year ended December 31, 2022, in accordance with the standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we
considered the Corporation's internal control over financial
reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a
basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation's
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express
no such opinion.

Management of the Corporation is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal
control over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions
and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the
company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to
the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow management
or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A
material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Corporation's internal control over
financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the
first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies
in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the
Corporation's internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of
December 31, 2022.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
management and the Board of Directors of Central Securities
Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
February 2, 2023


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DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS
    Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and
officers or persons who beneficially own more than 10% of any
class of our equity securities to file with the SEC reports of
ownership and changes in ownership of the Corporation?s common
stock held by them. Copies of these reports must also be
provided to the Corporation. Based on our review of these
reports, we believe that, during the year ended December 31,
2022, all such reports that were required to be filed were filed
on a timely basis, except that one report filed by David C.
Colander related to sale of 29 shares of common stock was filed
six days subsequent to the deadline for such report.

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