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This piece is actually a Certificate of Deposit and is also subject to the 2 cent tax for amounts of One Hundred Dollars or less, but besides that I have seen MANY checks, etc. from this particular bank and most of them DO NOT have an attached revenue stamp and I have no explanation as to why. All the ones I have examined should have had them and there were not soaked off and removed, you can always tell if that was the case

 

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I have been a member for many years and have had some of my rarer checks shown in their publication "The Check Collector"

 

Found this lying about on the Bay; a really great picture in time of American industrial prowess. Decided it needed a new home. And have included history link for Mr. Douglas.
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History link for Mr. Douglas:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mimanist/1895WilliamDouglas.html
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This really great check caught my eye while trolling around eBay. Never seen one like it with such vignettes, especially the French Legion of Honor.
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Well, here's one Hamilton that won't be replaced.
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An update for the McCormick check I recently posted.
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== The government of France named Cyrus McCormick an Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1851.
== The medal pictured is French Third Republic
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Just trolling around eBay and the name of the bank just caught my eye.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun,_Maryland#/media/File:RisingSunMarylandBank.JPG

 

A few new additions:
== nice Carson City, Nevada and a radar number

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== a favorite with manufacturing plant vignette and a radar number

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== closeup of the plant

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== link to a short history
http://glassian.org/Prism/NationalGlass/
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Arrived today; another example of U.S. manufacturing.
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== history link about Dent Hardware
http://www.dent-mfg.com/about.htm
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Found this check with a very historic landmark; and a radar number
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== some history links for your reading pleasure
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https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/freedom-trail/faneuil-hall.shtml
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http://www.antiquemoney.com/nationa...from-the-faneuil-hall-national-of-boston-847/
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Another check with lots of history associated with the company and the bank. What makes this even better is the bank vignette is a very, very close likeness.
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== link to Georgia Railroad Bank history
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/...orgia-railroad-bank-and-trustwachovia-bank-na
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== link to some Moody,Reynolds Co documents
https://www.flickr.com/photos/x376/sets/72157645495467027/
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== enlarged check vignette

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== actual picture of the bank

 

Here's a nice little check from Scotland and a radar # - 818
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New arrival today; seems odd amount for a company check; love the number 8118
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Here's a real mystery about these two checks; and I just love a mystery. I've no idea how or why it happened but:
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== number 1: my original post check #2455, Nov 1880
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== number 2: new arrival today check #1839, July 1880
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== Do you see the difference?

 

The center brown logo is lower in the bottom (July) check, and the addition of the scroll in the bottom right corner.

 

Good eyes, Steve. I'm not sure why the lower right corner scrollwork from the July 1880 check went "missing" from the November 1880 check. I've conjectured a lot but nothing definitive. Oh well. I'm hoping to find one prior to the July check (number 1500 or lower) or one after the November check (number 2500 or higher).
As for the location of the Revenue Stamp (higher or lower), I've attributed that to "maybe" a different plate or ??; further research needed.
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== Right Edge print July 1880

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== Right Edge print November 1880

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Here's a new one for my "territorial" checks collection; plus a history link for some quite interesting reading.
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http://genealogytrails.com/sdak/lincoln/CoHx.html
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Couple of new ones.
== of course a new radar one with quite a history

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http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv84135/op=pretrieve.aspx
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== and another 'territorial'
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Couple newly arrived treasures.
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History link for R.P. Grant -- very interesting.
http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.a...northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.jefferson
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