Comments on: 15 Historical & Interesting Bank Checks

By: mrksmith

mrksmith — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:54:44 +0000

i have an account book that belonged to a dead arnt,there is twoshilings andsixpence in it,it was put in on22sep1933,and the bank is midland bank ltd,i have the death certifacat,her birth and marrige pappers,ive been ifing and ring,wheather to send it to hsbc,when i made enquirees in 2002 they sent me a check for 0.06pence,how does towshilling and sixpence,add to 6p,and the intrest is every sixmonthes,ive been on line to see if the account is still there,and it is.

By: mental_floss Blog » The Weekend Links

mental_floss Blog » The Weekend Links — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:17:59 +0000

[...] …) * Our own Jason English supplied a fascinating link this week – 15 historical and intriguing bank checks. Checks not taking your money or giving it to you have never been so [...]

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:54:43 +0000

Why is #2 interesting? I still do that!

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:41:39 +0000

That John Lennon check was the most interesting to me, mainly because it’s a check from the Maclen company, which I though Lennon and McCartney had lost their rights to in 1969, a year before this check was written.

Turns out Maclen was involved in the purchase of the HUGE estate that John bought in 1969, called Tittenhurst. He built a studio in it, which probably explains the high electric bill.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob41.html

By: Bernard

Bernard — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:20:53 +0000

On canceled checks.Is there some sort of guide to tell you what the canceled checks are worth?

By: Personal Checks Unlimited

Personal Checks Unlimited — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:42:29 +0000

Yeah, I’d love to see one of my Adsense checks look like that!

Really great post. I agree the bank check’s time is closing fast, but with online ID theft becoming an arguably even bigger problem we may be trading one insecure form for another. Unless that is, the masses become more educated…

Alan

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:08:00 +0000

very interesting. I wouldn’t mind the cheque from Google, What would I do with that much money?? lol

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:22 +0000

What a reallly interesting and great post

By: JS

JS — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:41:08 +0000

Thanks Wilson…I confess that I took it directly from the site where I found the image, now that I think about it, it does seem way off. [have removed the line from the image caption].

By: Wilson

Wilson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:31:33 +0000

Interesting checks, but check your math on the Alaskan one. $7.2 Million won’t buy Rhode Island at $50/acre is a lot closer to 1.7Â¢ per acre. A real steal!

By: The Honest Dollar | Carnival of Personal Finance #137 at The Dividend Guy

The Honest Dollar | Carnival of Personal Finance #137 at The Dividend Guy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:49:13 +0000

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By: Carnival of Personal Finance #137 - The Passion Edition » The Dividend Guy Blog

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:23:18 +0000

[...] is a cool post, one a very creative topic for that mattter! JS from Smart Money Daily presents 15 Historical & Interesting Cancelled Checks, and says, “The humble bank check’s days are numbered. No one can deny the convenience [...]

By: SingleGuyMoney

SingleGuyMoney — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:54:00 +0000

That was really cool seeing all those old checks. Great post!

By: DebtKid

DebtKid — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:51:47 +0000

That Einstein check is cool. Bet you it’s worth way more than $5 now!