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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION  AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION  UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTION 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                     Commission File Number: 1-10264
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                          Coast Savings Financial, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90017-2457
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   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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       (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                 reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

    Please  place  an X  in  the  box(es)  to  designate  the  appropriate  rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)    |X|             Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)      |_|
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   |_|             Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)     |_|
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)    |_|             Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)      |_|
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   |_|             Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)     |_|
                                       Rule 15d-6               |_|

    Approximate  number of holders of record as of the  certification  or notice
date: zero

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Name of
registrant as specified in charter) has caused this  certification/notice  to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: February 18, 1998                H. F. AHMANSON & COMPANY, as successor to
      -----------------                  Coast Savings Financial, Inc.

                                       By: /s/ Madeleine Kleiner
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                                          Madeleine Kleiner
                                          Senior Executive Vice President, Chief
                                          Administrative Officer and General 
                                          Counsel

Instruction:  This  form is  required  by Rules  12g-4,  12h-3  and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and  Regulations  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934. The
registrant  shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed.  It may be signed by an officer of the registrant,  by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person
signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.

SEC 2069 (8-96) 28/7257