Old Checks…?

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  1. Mr Roots

    Mr Roots Underneath The Bridge

    Any info on these..?
     

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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    I can see why no one writes in cursive anymore.
    It's horrible :confused:
     
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  4. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    I do but it's like a doctors writing. ;)
    What I hate is when they ask you to sign your name electronically. :eek: It always comes out terrible.
     
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  5. daveydempsey

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  6. messydesk

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    These look like promissory notes, not checks. They're not drawn on a bank, but are a promise to pay in the future. Not sure what they're worth, though. Probably $20-30 each.
     
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  7. element159

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    I like the vignette on the second one. Since these are not drawn on a bank, you would have to like either the design or the specific people involved. That probably limits the value.

    As far as cursive... Was cursive really invented to work with fountain pens? As in it was a pain to have to pick up the pen so you adapted your writing to keep moving? I was taught it in elementary school so I still have muscle memory to write it but I can hardly read it anymore, especially my own.
     
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  8. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    Cursive writing far predates fountain pens. Ancient Egyptian and Roman scribes developed it as a faster, more economical way of writing. Pens, papyrus, gravers, and tablets worked better when the strokes weren't interrupted by lifting. Increased speed meant less time (money) spent with a scribe.
     
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  9. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE Supporter

    I was always a rebel. Cursive was strictly taught growing up. As well as writing out exams in University. Since a young age and to this day, I printed-wrote everything I penned. Hated cursive, it is gawdawful for my taste.
     
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  10. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    I'm a lefty and it sucks for writing in cursive. Everything gets smudged across the paper. Lefties Rule! :)
     
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  11. TheNoost

    TheNoost huldufolk

    That dog looks familiar... like it's been used syngraphigraphicly elsewhere
     
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  12. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE Supporter

    Are you speaking about my Avatar? That is my Corgi, Indy. Pic was shot on my couch, and one of her favorite spots (I have a small stool so she can get up and down easily,) She was probly 2 yrs old in that pic. She is approaching 4 now. A real buddy. I have had around 30 dogs over my life, and she is one of the unique ones!
     
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  13. TheNoost

    TheNoost huldufolk

    Lol, no. I have an old receipt or something with that same vignette. Going to sell some pieces soon so will look for it when I go to get them out.
     
  14. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit!

    Oh my, such big ears you have! Yup, that's a corgi alright!
     
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  15. JoshuaP

    JoshuaP Well-Known Member

    As someone currently learning Hebrew (which gets written right to left) I now understand the left-handed person's dilemma.
     
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