Exhibit (d)

SPECIMEN CERTIFICATE ONLY

CERTIFICATE	NUMBER OF
NUMBER	SHARES

JOHN HANCOCK TAX-ADVANTAGED GLOBAL SHAREHOLDER YIELD FUND
Organized Under the Laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Common Shares
$.01 Par Value Per Share

Cusip No.                     

     This certifies that                      is the owner of                      fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Shares, $.01 par value per share, of John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund (the “Fund”) transferable only on the books of the Fund by the holder thereof in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the transfer agent and registrar.

     A statement in full, of all the designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, will be furnished by the Fund to any shareholders upon request and without charge.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and its Seal to be hereunto affixed this                      day of                      A.D. 2007.

MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC		JOHN HANCOCK TAX-ADVANTAGED GLOBAL
As Transfer Agent and Registrar		SHAREHOLDER YIELD FUND
By:		By:
	Authorized Signature		President
		Attest:
			Secretary

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                      hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                      Shares represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                      Attorney to transfer the said Shares on the books of the within named Fund with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated                     ,                     

In presence of

Shares of Common Shares evidenced by this Certificate may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of only pursuant to the provisions of the Fund’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended, a copy of which may be at the office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Fund will furnish to any shareholder, upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class of series of capital stock of the Fund authorized to be issued, so far as they have been determined, and the authority of the Board of Trustees to determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent classes or series. Any such request should be addressed to the Secretary of the Fund.