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Any value in an old cheque?

Julian_at_the_Bell
Julian_at_the_Bell Posts: 1 Newbie
in Budgeting & bank accounts
I have two cheques which I inherited - one is for $82.49 from Pleasant Valley Wine Company and issued in 1898 and the other for 56 pounds, seven and eight pence from 1935 issued by NatWest...is there anything I can do with these other than stick them in a frame for display purposes?

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  • andy_vip
    andy_vip Posts: 41 Forumite
    Banks usually take cheques up to 6 months old, BUT it's their discretion. Cheques are valid legally for 6 years. So, unfortunately your's are no good except for wall hanging! Sorry!
  • Old_Wrinkly
    Old_Wrinkly Posts: 5,182 Forumite
    Did Natwest (as such) exist in 1935?
  • Starrystarrynight
    Starrystarrynight Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    I was still getting pound notes in, on the odd, occasion, when I last worked on a Nat West counter. Even saw some old handwritten ledgers, but was never presented with a cheque that old.
    Do they hold any sentimental value for you, maybe there might be a cheque enthusiast on ebay who'd like to buy them.
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  • glider3560
    glider3560 Posts: 4,115 Forumite
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    Old_Wrinkly wrote: »
    Did Natwest (as such) exist in 1935?
    Natwest as we know it now is actually "National Westminster Bank plc trading as Natwest".

    Back in 1935, Natwest hadn't yet been formed. So the cheque could have been from National Provincial Bank, Westminster Bank or District Bank.
  • UnderPressure
    UnderPressure Posts: 3,204 Forumite
    Wasn't 56 pounds, seven and eight pence in 1935 an absolute fortune? I wonder why it was never cashed............
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  • Old_Wrinkly
    Old_Wrinkly Posts: 5,182 Forumite
    UnderPressure wrote: »
    Wasn't 56 pounds, seven and eight pence in 1935 an absolute fortune? I wonder why it was never cashed............

    Yes, I was thinking that ...
    Well, not exactly a fortune ... but a substantial amount.

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  • jonesMUFCforever
    jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite
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    Ebay them?
  • Mikeyorks
    Mikeyorks Posts: 10,377 Forumite
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    UnderPressure wrote: »
    I wonder why it was never cashed............

    It probably was ............ in those days you got all your paid cheques back from the Bank. They did normally have an endorsement on them .............. but some were missed as Clearing was not as automated as now.
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  • EarthBoy
    EarthBoy Posts: 3,225 Forumite
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    Mikeyorks wrote: »
    It probably was ............ in those days you got all your paid cheques back from the Bank....

    Williams & Glyn's were still sending me my paid cheques back in the early 1980s.

    The OP's cheques may well be paid ones. He doesn't say either way.
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