Writing a US cheque

Porcupine

I need to send someone a cheque (or should that be a check?) in US dollars. I have a USD account and a USD chequebook and everything should be fine.

But I've never written a US check before, so I googled to see if the formatting was different. The main thing seems to be regarding the amount in words.

On a UK cheque for £1.23 you write:
"One pound 23p=============="

On a US check for $1.23 you write
"One and 23/100================ DOLLARS"
where DOLLARS is preprinted.

But what do you write for $123.00? I couldn't find an example. Do you write:
"One hundred and twenty three 0/100===="
or
"One hundred and twenty three======"
or something else?

I don't want to send the cheque all the way to the US to find it's rejected for some formatting error.

Inactive

Make sure you write the date the wrong way around.:)

Paul_Herring

I don't want to send the cheque all the way to the US to find it's rejected for some formatting error.

It's unlikely to be rejected, however: http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-write-a-check

Even if the check is for an amount with no cents, don't leave off the cents part. Write "One Hundred Twenty-Three and NO/100" to make it harder for someone to alter the amount.

Porcupine

Thanks. The date tip is very handy - I usually write dates on automatic!