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Thomas Jefferson Signature

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OriginalThomas Jefferson’s signature on a check, twice, both as payee and payor. Jefferson wrote this check to himself during the last month of his two-term presidency. Cut-cancelled twice, not affecting the signatures.
Reason
Good EV, high quality example of Thomas Jefferson’s signature on a check.
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Jefferson
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
(Image by Godot13)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Support as nominator -- Godot13 ( talk) 15:51, 14 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Might also be useful in Cheque if a good place can be found for it. —  raeky t 04:07, 15 April 2013 (UTC) reply
Good suggestion, it has been added.-- Godot13 ( talk) 04:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Why did he write a cheque to himself? Nick-D ( talk) 11:07, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
    • Ask him? lol —  raeky t 12:10, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
      • In the days before ATMs, this was one method of withdrawing cash from your bank account.-- Godot13 ( talk) 15:59, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
      • Or to transfer money from one bank account to another. J Kadavoor J e e 16:02, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
      • That, or he was emptying the white house coffers before leaving office :p -- WingtipvorteX PTT 19:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Good EV. -- WingtipvorteX PTT 19:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support :) J Kadavoor J e e 05:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Nice. Not sure I like its random placement on the TJ article, but it almost works better in the cheque article. I'm always a little weirded out at seeing handwriting from centuries past. – Kerαunoςcopia gala xies 04:14, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
The placement was not entirely random: based on a Commons discussion, I wanted to display Jefferson's autographed signature underneath the infobox placement of the subject's facsimile signature. Thanks for the support. -- Godot13 ( talk) 04:53, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
If someone could help (fix) the link in my comment above I would be grateful...-- Godot13 ( talk) 05:06, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
Fixed. You have to put "commons" twice: once to get to the project, and once to get to the commons namespace on the project. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 10:57, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
Much appreciated.-- Godot13 ( talk) 18:21, 19 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose I find that it offers absolutely no EV to the Thomas Jefferson article, which already has a clean sig in the infobox, and in fact would advocate removing it as unnecessary. As to its usage in the article on checks, I see it as being a gallery piece, as it's stacked up in a column with other period checks, and is only on top because it's oldest. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:20, 20 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Regretful Oppose The historical value of the check is way higher then the EV... I mean, it's not like it was a unique aspect to Thomas J. only, and the article does already have a copy of his signature. Dusty 777 01:55, 22 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose. I have to agree with the above, the EV is pretty low. Rreagan007 ( talk) 03:18, 22 April 2013 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- King of ♠ 20:34, 30 April 2013 (UTC) reply

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Thomas Jefferson Signature

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2013 at 15:51:50 (UTC)

OriginalThomas Jefferson’s signature on a check, twice, both as payee and payor. Jefferson wrote this check to himself during the last month of his two-term presidency. Cut-cancelled twice, not affecting the signatures.
Reason
Good EV, high quality example of Thomas Jefferson’s signature on a check.
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Jefferson
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
(Image by Godot13)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Support as nominator -- Godot13 ( talk) 15:51, 14 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Might also be useful in Cheque if a good place can be found for it. —  raeky t 04:07, 15 April 2013 (UTC) reply
Good suggestion, it has been added.-- Godot13 ( talk) 04:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Why did he write a cheque to himself? Nick-D ( talk) 11:07, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
    • Ask him? lol —  raeky t 12:10, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
      • In the days before ATMs, this was one method of withdrawing cash from your bank account.-- Godot13 ( talk) 15:59, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
      • Or to transfer money from one bank account to another. J Kadavoor J e e 16:02, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
      • That, or he was emptying the white house coffers before leaving office :p -- WingtipvorteX PTT 19:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Good EV. -- WingtipvorteX PTT 19:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support :) J Kadavoor J e e 05:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Nice. Not sure I like its random placement on the TJ article, but it almost works better in the cheque article. I'm always a little weirded out at seeing handwriting from centuries past. – Kerαunoςcopia gala xies 04:14, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
The placement was not entirely random: based on a Commons discussion, I wanted to display Jefferson's autographed signature underneath the infobox placement of the subject's facsimile signature. Thanks for the support. -- Godot13 ( talk) 04:53, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
If someone could help (fix) the link in my comment above I would be grateful...-- Godot13 ( talk) 05:06, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
Fixed. You have to put "commons" twice: once to get to the project, and once to get to the commons namespace on the project. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 10:57, 18 April 2013 (UTC) reply
Much appreciated.-- Godot13 ( talk) 18:21, 19 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose I find that it offers absolutely no EV to the Thomas Jefferson article, which already has a clean sig in the infobox, and in fact would advocate removing it as unnecessary. As to its usage in the article on checks, I see it as being a gallery piece, as it's stacked up in a column with other period checks, and is only on top because it's oldest. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:20, 20 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Regretful Oppose The historical value of the check is way higher then the EV... I mean, it's not like it was a unique aspect to Thomas J. only, and the article does already have a copy of his signature. Dusty 777 01:55, 22 April 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose. I have to agree with the above, the EV is pretty low. Rreagan007 ( talk) 03:18, 22 April 2013 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- King of ♠ 20:34, 30 April 2013 (UTC) reply


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