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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 987637, member: 24633"]How old are these checks? The collection of taxes to pay the Civil War debts that was enacted by Lincoln was repealed 10 years later, and the Internal Revenue Service wasn't officially established by Constitutional Amendment until the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149200,00.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149200,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149200,00.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible that the IRS stamp was used for verifying the purpose of the transaction? It used to be that banks had to report any single transaction that exceeded $10,000, and I believe that amount is now $5,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 987637, member: 24633"]How old are these checks? The collection of taxes to pay the Civil War debts that was enacted by Lincoln was repealed 10 years later, and the Internal Revenue Service wasn't officially established by Constitutional Amendment until the 20th century. [url]http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149200,00.html[/url] Is it possible that the IRS stamp was used for verifying the purpose of the transaction? It used to be that banks had to report any single transaction that exceeded $10,000, and I believe that amount is now $5,000. Chris[/QUOTE]
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