Pre-Apple check by Jobs and Woz up for auction

Weird check for so many reasons.
Would a check really require two signatures (and for such a low value)?
Why do the amounts not match? ($100.97 vs $116.97)
Would they really have written the cents as a fraction in the upper line rather than just the lower line?
Would they have written out “dollars” on the line that already says “dollars” at the end?
it also seems weird to me that the printed MICR numbers at the bottom don’t align with each other, with those at the far right matching one of the dollar amounts listed on the check (0000011697). But maybe there’s a good reason for that. 

retrogusto said:

Weird check for so many reasons.
Would a check really require two signatures (and for such a low value)?
Why do the amounts not match? ($100.97 vs $116.97)
Would they really have written the cents as a fraction in the upper line rather than just the lower line?
Would they have written out “dollars” on the line that already says “dollars” at the end?
it also seems weird to me that the printed MICR numbers at the bottom don’t align with each other, with those at the far right matching one of the dollar amounts listed on the check (0000011697). But maybe there’s a good reason for that. 

Having been a finance clerk for several years at a church  (before online donations became a thing) and processing many checks for donations weekly, as well as having run a business that took checks often, and having written enough checks for a lifetime, none of these things are really that off.  

The encoded check value printed lower right is printed when the check comes in to aid in the automatic processing of it so often doesn’t line up. 

The written amount vs the number amount is an easy enough mistake.  I’ve done it myself many times.  

I usually write the cents on the number line as a fraction myself to avoid making it easy for someone to change the check value (it’s easy to turn a decimal into a comma).  And I’ve found myself sometimes writing “dollars” on the written line before the cents more than once. I don’t usually do that.  But have enough in my life.   Most of these things are to help avoid ambiguity.  

The dual signatures is probably because it was a joint business account and either they or the bank wanted it.  

So this is not really a “pre-Apple “ check.  It is a temporary “Apple” check.   “Pre-Apple” implies the check is from a venture before Apple or before they organized the company.  It seems to be, from the description and the confirmation that all the numbers match later known Apple checks, a check from before they received the Apple printed checks.   Not a “pre-Apple” check. 

Anyone wanna $117 cached check for $50k+

My bank refused to deposit a check when the written and digit values did not match. Another instance they told me they only consider the written number, if the numb er value is different.

bloggerblog said:

Anyone wanna $117 cached check for $50k+

My bank refused to deposit a check when the written and digit values did not match. Another instance they told me they only consider the written number, if the numb er value is different.

Yes the bank should either refuse it or use the written out part and not the numeric part to determine how much to cash it for.  However people including bank tellers are lazy and it happens regularly that they just use the numeric part and don’t closely check them.