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100 Dollars Thomas Cook and Son Travelers Cheque
| Issuer | Thos. Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd. |
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| Value | 100 Dollars (100 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed cheque in green on a multicolour guilloche underprint. An oval vignette at right contains an engraved portrait of Thomas Cook, founder 1841, framed by $100 counters at each corner. A bald eagle vignette occupies the left centre. SPECIMEN overprints appear in red at the signature lines. |
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| Obverse lettering | TRAVELERS CHEQUE FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS SPECIMEN COUNTER-SIGN HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF PAYING CASHIER 19 PLACE AND DATE THOS. COOK & SON (BANKERS) LTD. NEW YORK AGENCY. UPON PRESENTATION OF THIS CHEQUE COUNTERSIGNED BY THE PERSON WHOSE SIGNATURE IS SHOWN BELOW WILL Pay to the Order of SPECIMEN IN UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS $100 IN OTHER COUNTRIES THE EQUIVALENT AT BANKERS BUYING RATE FOR SIGHT DRAFTS ON NEW YORK FOR THOS. COOK & SON (BANKERS) LTD. SIGNATURE OF HOLDER SPECIMEN CHAIRMAN THOS COOK FOUNDER 1841 |
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Thomas Cook & Son formalized its banking arm — Thos. Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd. — partly to legitimize the travelers cheque operation it had been running informally since the 1870s. By the time Bradbury Wilkinson produced this piece at their New Malden works, the cheque had become the dominant instrument for tourist foreign exchange, effectively sidelining letter-of-credit arrangements that private banks had used for decades prior.
Bradbury Wilkinson's security printing credentials were substantial — they held contracts for numerous colonial and Commonwealth note issues simultaneously — which made them a logical choice for a product whose entire commercial value rested on being unforgeable in the field.