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AverageAmericanGuy

2012-01-13 12:11:50 PM

Goes to show that if you want to be the President, you've got to have money.

scottydoesntknow

2012-01-13 12:14:08 PM

The Lincoln check is significant because it was signed one day before he was shot. It is a $800 draft written to "self", and drawn on the First National Bank of WAshington, D.C.

Those overdraft fees will kill you.

MichiganFTL

2012-01-13 12:14:18 PM

How long until someone in Congress proposes cashing them to reduce the debt?

Cletus C.

2012-01-13 12:15:18 PM

To get this off on the right note, is the check Obama wrote to Solyndra included in the display?

your average maint. man

2012-01-13 12:16:42 PM

Cletus C.: To get this off on the right note, is the check Obama wrote to Solyndra included in the display?

damn you! quit reading my mind

Vidwiz

2012-01-13 12:18:07 PM

The article says Lincolns check was signed one day before he was shot...but if you look close, the info card in the photo says it was two days....Great reporting

Zimmy

2012-01-13 12:21:17 PM

Vidwiz: The article says Lincolns check was signed one day before he was shot...but if you look close, the info card in the photo says it was two days....Great reporting

When my grandmother was going, I'd write checks and she would later sign them. It's not a huge stretch to say the same would happen with someone as busy as Lincoln.

cgraves67

2012-01-13 12:21:21 PM

Vidwiz: The article says Lincolns check was signed one day before he was shot...but if you look close, the info card in the photo says it was two days....Great reporting

Maybe he post-dated it.

ihatedumbpeople

2012-01-13 12:21:30 PM

According to some random calculator I found:

What cost $800 in 1865 would cost $11259.68 in 2010.

What the fark did Lincoln need that much money for? that was a crap ton of money back then.

bravian

2012-01-13 12:22:34 PM

Vidwiz: The article says Lincolns check was signed one day before he was shot...but if you look close, the info card in the photo says it was two days....Great reporting

The card says assassinated. He was shot on April 14th but didn't die until April 15th. The reporting was "technically" correct.

/still lousy reporting
//and picture taking.

Hector Remarkable

2012-01-13 12:22:54 PM

What's that? Oh, I thought you said "Chick Peas". I falafel.

Fireproof

2012-01-13 12:23:30 PM

Vidwiz: The article says Lincolns check was signed one day before he was shot...but if you look close, the info card in the photo says it was two days....Great reporting

Article also has an obvious typo.

/WAshington, D.C.

MichiganFTL

2012-01-13 12:26:24 PM

ihatedumbpeople: According to some random calculator I found:

What cost $800 in 1865 would cost $11259.68 in 2010.

What the fark did Lincoln need that much money for? that was a crap ton of money back then.

It was Saturday and he had a well known case of Jungle Fever. Headed down to the docks emancipate some cargo.

robbiex0r

2012-01-13 12:29:02 PM

redswingline

2012-01-13 12:31:39 PM

jimpoz

2012-01-13 12:33:58 PM

She reveals that the total value of Huntington's entire 70 check collection is about $75,000.

A collection of autographs of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln*, plus dozens of others of similar fame? That seems really low.

/in before "they're just going to sit on the shelf"
* LePetomane!

dennysgod

2012-01-13 12:34:58 PM

/quick and dirty

GBB

2012-01-13 12:40:16 PM

Maybe he ordered his own assassination?

pute kisses like a man

2012-01-13 12:42:33 PM

redswingline: [29.media.tumblr.com image 333x425]

came for the spaceballs special, thanks.

cleveoh

2012-01-13 12:57:22 PM

GBB: ihatedumbpeople: According to some random calculator I found:

What cost $800 in 1865 would cost $11259.68 in 2010.

What the fark did Lincoln need that much money for? that was a crap ton of money back then.

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Maybe he ordered his own assassination?

Hookers & blow, dude. You got what you paid for, even back then.

jmcqueen

2012-01-13 01:08:48 PM

Aw, that's nothing! Our bank has checks signed by Michael Rodent, Donald Canard, Bill Shakespeare (pronounced: sha kess per ray), and most of the residents of a local cemetery!

DrSticky

2012-01-13 01:19:55 PM

Brew78

2012-01-13 01:41:51 PM

dennysgod: [i86.photobucket.com image 488x357]

/quick and dirty

Yup. First thing I thought of. Was going to post something like "What did HE order?"

cleveralthere

2012-01-13 02:08:08 PM

dennysgod: [i86.photobucket.com image 488x357]

/quick and dirty

I was about to go looking to see if i could find that. saved me the trouble

BKITU

2012-01-13 02:12:04 PM

DrSticky: ihatedumbpeople: According to some random calculator I found:

What cost $800 in 1865 would cost $11259.68 in 2010.

What the fark did Lincoln need that much money for? that was a crap ton of money back then.

He was going to make it rain?

Rain ludicrous gibs, sure.

Scoop84

2012-01-13 03:06:11 PM

cgraves67: Vidwiz: The article says Lincolns check was signed one day before he was shot...but if you look close, the info card in the photo says it was two days....Great reporting

Maybe he post-dated it.

Does the check use his Gettysburg Address?

petre

2012-01-13 05:51:16 PM

Also found was a hand-written note:

If you don't want to die, bring $12,000 to the theater tomorrow night. I'm going to count it before I leave, so don't you dare try to cheat me or it'll be the last time you do.
-JWB

lack of warmth

2012-01-13 06:14:39 PM

Bounce a check and they will display forever. No exceptions.

rockforever

2012-01-13 06:56:12 PM

Link (new window)

mmmmm Check please!

snocone

2012-01-13 07:33:43 PM

scottydoesntknow: The Lincoln check is significant because it was signed one day before he was shot. It is a $800 draft written to "self", and drawn on the First National Bank of WAshington, D.C.

Those overdraft fees will kill you.

Not to mention. $11K in today's money is "Drug Money" by default until you prove otherwise.
Argument, take $11K, walk up to a cop and ask.

i upped my meds-up yours

2012-01-13 08:35:01 PM

I wanna see the blowup of Washington's check to see if he signed it "Wafhington."

BuckTurgidson

2012-01-13 10:41:13 PM