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50 Dollars - American Express Travelers Cheque
| Issuer | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Size | 158 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | U.S DOLLAR TRAVELERS CHEQUE WHEN COUNTERSIGNED BELOW WITH THIS SIGNATURE CITY AND DATE AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CHEQUE ISSUED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. Pay this Cheque to the Order of IN UNITED STATES FIFTY DOLLARS IN ALL OTHER COUNTRIES NEGOTIABLE AT CURRENT BUYING RATE FOR BANKERS CHEQUES ON NEW YORK. COUNTERSIGN HERE IN PRESENCE OF PERSON CASHING THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED |
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| Reverse lettering | DE LA RUE SECURITY PRINTING FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS/FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS WATCH customer countersign Cheque and COMPARE to original signature View Centurion WATERMARK in white area and 'AMEX' security THREAD in the middle area, while holding Cheque to light. View HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL at various angles to verify USD 50, and view image and color changes between Centurion and American Express logo. USD 50/ACCEPTANCE PROCEDURES ABOVE/USD 50 |
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American Express travelers cheques were technically liabilities of the issuing company rather than legal tender, but their acceptance globally often exceeded that of many national currencies — particularly in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia through the 1980s and 1990s. De La Rue's involvement in production placed them among the more sophisticated commercially issued payment instruments of the period, sharing a print shop with dozens of sovereign currencies.
By 2006, the product was already in structural decline, undercut by the near-universal spread of ATM networks and chip-enabled cards. This late-issue example comes from a series already being wound down operationally.