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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 680950, member: 19065"]That is super neat too see. Thanks for sharing this Noost, too bad you couldn't get hold of it yourself. So do you think someone tried to deposit this at the bank?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>hontonai</b> beat me to the age joke... Sorry RickieB, it was the first thing that ocurred to me too... LOL! But I have a question about the date, what is the year on this? I only see 189x. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since there is a postage stamp on this, did someone actually mail this, unprotected in an envelope/carrier? I've seen a thread on CT about currency with postage stamps and understand that postage stamp engravers worked on currency engravings, so I'm curious if this check fits the category of currency with stamps on them and IF/WHY people would mail a check not placed in an envelope or carrier for more protection?</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, this is also an interesting piece to see because, Chase National Bank was the former bank merged with Bank of Manhattan Co. that created Chase Manhattan Bank, today's Chase Bank of JPMorgan Chase, where I currently do my banking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 680950, member: 19065"]That is super neat too see. Thanks for sharing this Noost, too bad you couldn't get hold of it yourself. So do you think someone tried to deposit this at the bank? [B]hontonai[/B] beat me to the age joke... Sorry RickieB, it was the first thing that ocurred to me too... LOL! But I have a question about the date, what is the year on this? I only see 189x. Since there is a postage stamp on this, did someone actually mail this, unprotected in an envelope/carrier? I've seen a thread on CT about currency with postage stamps and understand that postage stamp engravers worked on currency engravings, so I'm curious if this check fits the category of currency with stamps on them and IF/WHY people would mail a check not placed in an envelope or carrier for more protection? For me, this is also an interesting piece to see because, Chase National Bank was the former bank merged with Bank of Manhattan Co. that created Chase Manhattan Bank, today's Chase Bank of JPMorgan Chase, where I currently do my banking.[/QUOTE]
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