Paid in Gold
Portland, ME
1876
$39.50
Bank Draft Paid in Gold
Brown on white, red printed serial number. Red manuscript line precedes the written amount of the check, “Thirty Nine Gold.”
Purple handstamps indicate payment in GOLD and the name of the payor bank, Messrs. Randolph, Bickley & Co. of NYC.
Note the ms. notation at top, “4th Nat’l Bank,” indicating that this was the bank through which the check was funded.
Semi-circular cancelation cut is unobtrusive. Creases.