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100 Dollars American Express Travelers Cheque
| Issuer | American Express Company |
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| Year | 1960-1982 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue-violet on white paper, the obverse bears an oval intaglio vignette at left of a classical helmeted female figure. The issuer name in ornate Gothic script occupies the centre, above the payee line and denomination panel. A guilloche underprint fills the field, with the denomination also in a cartouche at upper right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in light blue on white paper, the reverse displays large guilloche numeral cartouches reading "100" and "ONE HUNDRED" at left and right, with the issuer name in large display lettering across the centre. The series code and year appear at lower left. |
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American Express travelers cheques occupy an unusual corner of notaphily — they are not currency, not scrip, not bonds, yet they circulated globally as a de facto monetary instrument for decades. The American Bank Note Company printed these under long-standing contract; ABNCo's intaglio work for American Express maintained consistent security standards across the series even as the cheque's design was periodically refreshed through the 1960s and 1970s.
The countersignature requirement — the holder signs twice, once at purchase and once at the point of exchange — was American Express's core anti-fraud mechanism, introduced by Marcellus Berry in 1891 and unchanged in principle through this entire period. Collectors should note that uncashed, unsigned examples are technically still negotiable instruments, a legal ambiguity that has occasionally complicated estate settlements.