Check This Out

  Though not as exciting as the Confederate bill I found last time, this "book find" is still pretty interesting. I was photographing a large, ornate Bible for an ebay listing yesterday and found a check dated 1881 tucked inside--a check for a whopping one dollar. Incidentally, if you are wondering what one dollar meant to someone in 1881, the inflation rate is such that it would be equivalent to roughly 24.43 in today's economy. I am currently engaged in trying to locate a bank that will cash it for me, and thus far, am having no luck.