Original checks discovered signed by Lincoln, Washington, Edison, Twain and others

[Faygo Kid]

BROOKLYN -- Dozens of personal checks -- some 150 to 200 years old and signed by the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, George Washington and Thomas Edison - have been unearthed by Huntington Bank.

Some of the historic checks, all signed by U.S. presidents, were unveiled Tuesday and are on display at Huntington's newest branch in Brooklyn. The display is free and open to the public seven days a week until Jan. 31.

The checks had been in storage since 1983 at Huntington's Columbus headquarters, after Huntington took over Union Commerce Bank and acquired boxes upon boxes of old records.

Only last year did a Huntington employee realize the boxes included personal checks written by a total of 24 presidents and a host of other famous figures, including authors, inventors, composers and community leaders. . .

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/01/huntington_discovers_original.html

Very cool. Check out the photos.

[WingDinger]

1. Lemme guess, they were still in the mail?

Good thing they werent debits, or fees and penalties would have left them penniless.

[mucifer]

2. so coool. I don't know why it's cool. It just is.

[rurallib]

3. My thought is you never think people like this would write checks

like us peons.

[mucifer]

4. Yup and I just enjoy looking at really old stuff.

[Mojorabbit]

5. Lincoln had beautiful handwriting. nt