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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2078522, member: 24274&quot;]Normally, I&#039;d add this to my thread on checks, but then I decided to share it here. The vignette is just a litho copy of better known engraving, but I was most impressed by it&#039;s dollar amount - half a million bucks in 1882. I think that conservatively equates to nearly $12 million in today&#039;s dollars. Mark Skinner, who wrote the check, was a Chicago politico and later philanthropist. He also served on the board of two railroads during his career. Not sure if this check was for a large order of steel, but it could certainly have been RR rails or maybe girders for a Chicago skyscraper.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]386215[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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