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Colorado Imprinted Revenue and Standard Bank Checks & Drafts Catalogue

A listing of Colorado checks and drafts

 


 

 

Featured below is a collection of Colorado checks and drafts including imprinted revenue stamps, standard checks, drafts, and CD's from numerous mining, ranching and railroad towns including several little known and seldom seen Eastern Colorado towns.   Some are signed by well known Colorado personalities and others have attractive vignettes.  There is a little something here for everyone!  Please let us know if there are any particular check-types or towns that you are searching for as we have more in stock that are not listed here.  

 

Items in this catalog are listed in alphabetical order by town name.



Rocky Mountain National Bank

Central City, Colorado Territory

Signed: Henry M. Teller

2c Bank Check Revenue Stamp

Rocky Mountain National Bank  check dated August, 1866 at Central City, Colorado Territory and signed by Henry M. Teller

Click the image above for more details on this check and a short Colorado biography on Henry Teller.

Check is in F condition.


Offered at:  $85    

Item #AU72905     Order Now!



Rocky Mountain National Bank

Central City, Colorado Territory

RN-F1 Imprinted Revenue Stamp

Draft dated April, 1876 at Central City, Colorado Territory.    

Rocky Mountain National Bank draft is drawn on the Kountze Brothers, Bankers, New York.

Beautiful and historic draft from Central City, where the Colorado Gold Rush began!   Vignette of Indian Brave fighting a bear. 

Draft is in F condition.


Offered at:  $35    

Item #CK28107     Order Now!



Rocky Mountain National Bank

Central City, Colorado Territory

RN-D1 Imprinted Revenue Stamp

Draft dated September, 1872 at Central City, Colorado Territory.    

Rocky Mountain National Bank draft is drawn on the First National Bank, Denver (ms).

Beautiful and historic draft from Central City, where the Colorado Gold Rush began!   Vignette of Indian Brave fighting a bear. 

Draft is in F condition.


Offered at:  $50    

Item #CK28108     Order Now!



Rocky Mountain National Bank

Central City, Colorado Territory

RN-P5 Imprinted Revenue Stamp

Certificate of Deposit dated 1870 at Central City, Colorado Territory.    

Rocky Mountain National Bank CD is illustrated with a vignette of three men at a harbor. 

Draft is in VF condition.


Offered at:  $85    

Item #CK28109     Order Now!


Cheyenne County State Bank

Cheyenne Wells

Check dated 1920 at Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.  A nice check from a difficult town in Eastern Colorado!   Check is in VG+  condition with 2 folds and moderate-heavy stamp cancellations.

 

 


Offered at:  $2

Item #CK28059     Order Now!      


Exchange National Bank

Colorado Springs / Cripple Creek

Check dated 1920 at Colorado Springs, Colorado, drawn on the account of The Rose Niclol Gold Mining Company.  Check is in F condition with a few staple holes and machine-punch cancellation.   The Rose Nicol company was located at Cripple Creek, Colorado.

 


Offered at:  $4

Item #CK28055     Order Now!      


First National Bank of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs

Portland Gold Mining Company

Payment voucher dated 1923.  Drawn on the account of the Portland Gold Mining Company, paid to the order of the American Railway Express CoSigned by Tho. F. Burns and Irving Howbert.

This is a great Portland voucher paid to the American Ry. Express Co. with three (3) American Railway Express Co. receipts enclosed. The payment was for shipping a total of 190 pounds of gold bullion from the Portland mine to the U. S. Mint in Denver.  F conditionThis item also listed in the Colorado Ephemera catalogue.

 


Offered at:  $8

Item #CK28087     Order Now!    


Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Co.

Colorado Springs

Pay Check dated 1914 at Colorado Springs, Colorado, drawn on the account of The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Co.  Check is in F condition with a few machine-punch cancellation marks.  

 

 


Offered at:  $40

Item #CK28101     Order Now!      


Bank of Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1893 at Cripple Creek.  The Bank of Cripple Creek was one of the earliest banks in the Cripple Creek District.  This check is dated only 2 years after the rush to Cripple Creek began.   Check is in VG  condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $8        Newly Listed

Item #CK28106     Order Now!      


Bi-Metallic Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1898.  Drawn on the account of M. Glauber and signed by M. Glauber.  Moritz Glauber was a long-time resident of Cripple Creek and owner of a popular Dry Goods store in Cripple Creek.   F condition

 

 


Offered at:  $35     

Item #CK28091      Order Now!


First National Bank of Cripple Creek - CD's

Cripple Creek

Set of three Certificates of Deposit from the First National Bank of Cripple Creek.  CD's are dated 1896, 1900, & 1906.   One of the CD's has an Imprinted Internal Revenue stamp;  RN-X7.

All three CD's are in F condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Offered at:  $25

Item #CD28001     Order Now!


First National Bank of Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1900 at Cripple Creek, Colo., drawn on the account of Burke & FryRN-X7 imprinted revenue stamp.

Burke & Fry was a well-known Cripple Creek brokerage and mine promotion partnership.    Check is signed by Geo. F. Fry.  Check is in F condition;  bold revenue imprint and has no spindle punch impacting it.

 


Offered at:  $10

Item #CK28086B     Order Now!


First National Bank of Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1901 at Cripple Creek, Colo., drawn on the account of Burke & FryRN-X7 imprinted revenue stampThis yellow variety is very seldom seen offered!

Burke & Fry was a well-known Cripple Creek brokerage and mine promotion partnership.    Check is signed by Geo. F. Fry.  Check is in F condition with folds and bold revenue imprint.

 


Offered at:  $10

Item #CK28086Y     Order Now!


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1907 at Cripple Creek, Colo., issued on the account of the Eclipse Decorating Co.  Check is written to the Gold Belt Electric Co.  Check is in VF condition.

 


Offered at:  $8

Item #CK28098     Order Now!


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1896 at Cripple Creek, drawn on the account of The Gavin Smelting and Sampling Company.  This is the first we have seen of this company's check.   Check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $20     Newly Listed

Item #CK28105     Order Now!      


First National Bank of Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1896 at Cripple Creek, Colo., issued on the account of the Gold Crater Mining Co.   The Gold Crater was one of Winfield Scott Stratton's properties whose company name reflected Stratton's famous "Bowl of Gold" theory.   Check is in F condition with normal spindle punch and some minor damage which does not detract from the overall character of the check.  This piece is the last of this popular Stratton-related check we have in stock!! 


Offered at:  $25

Item #CK28067     Order Now!     


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1908 at Cripple Creek, Colo., issued on the account of the Ironclad Mill Co.  Check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $8

Item #CK28072    


First National Bank of Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1899  at Cripple Creek, drawn on the account of Harrington & Amann, Insurance - Real Estate - Stocks.  RN-X7 imprinted revenue stamp.  This check is in F condition.  Very clean revenue stamp & NO spindle punch.

 

 


Offered at:  $10

Item #CK28045     Order Now!    


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1908 at Cripple Creek, Colo., drawn on the account of the Delmonico Mine.  Nice Cripple Creek Mine check in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $8

Item #CK28093      Order Now!


First National Bank of Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1896 at Cripple Creek, drawn on the account of The Frisco & Cripple Creek Gold Mining Company.  Check is in F condition with NO spindle punch in center.

 

 


Offered at:  $8

Item #CK28092     Order Now!


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1905 at Cripple Creek, Colo.  Drawn on the account for the Independence Lease.  Check is signed on reverse by Cripple Creek saloon owner Tim Drew.  The check represents a lease payment to a lessee of the great Stratton's Independence mine; one of the richest and most controversial mines in the Cripple Creek District.  F condition.

 


Offered at:  $25    

Item #CK28066        Order Now!


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1901 at Cripple Creek, drawn on the account of The Hart Gold Mining & Leasing CoRN-X7 revenue stamp.    Signed by E. P. Shove.   This check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $18    

Item #CK28094     Order Now!


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1902 at Cripple Creek, drawn on the account of The Washington Lease.

Signed by John Sharpe.  Sharpe was a marshal for the town of Cripple Creek and actively leased mines in the district.   Check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $20     Newly Listed

Item #CK28104     Order Now!      


First National Bank

Cripple Creek

Check dated 1902 at Cripple Creek, drawn on the account of The Zenobia Gold Mining Company.   Zenobia's properties were originally developed by J. J. Hagerman and eventually purchased by Winfield Scott Stratton in his property consolidation following the sale of the Independence Mine.  Check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $18

Item #CK28102     Order Now!      


Denver City Treasurer

Denver, Colorado Territory

Draft dated 1864 at Denver, CT

Signed by Denver Mayor H. J. Brendlinger. 

This draft is in F condition.

 

 

 


Offered at:  SOLD!

Item #CK28112     Order Now!



Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company

Denver (Cripple Creek)

RN-X7 Imprinted Revenue

Signed by Adolph J. Zang (of Zang Brewery fame in Denver)

Draft dated 1899 at Denver, Colorado;  To Denver National Bank.

"Quarterly Dividend Check" printed on Draft.  Draft drawn on the account of The Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company, located at Cripple Creek, Colorado.  Unique vignette of the Vindicator Mine, a long-time producer in the Cripple Creek District!

Draft is in VG+ condition.

 


Offered at:  $25            Newly Listed

Item #CK28113            Order Now!


Denver National Bank

Denver

Draft dated 1906 at Denver, Colorado.  Charged to the account of the First National Bank of Cripple Creek, Colo. for The Independence Consolidated Gold Mining Company.  This draft is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $8

Item #CK28056     Order Now!


First National Bank

Denver

Check dated 1901 at Denver, Colorado.  Drawn on the account of the Downing Investment Company, Stocks and Bonds,  and signed by J. M. Downing.   Two-cent documentary stamp attached.  Check is in VG+ condition with some wrinkling and splits on top edge and check stub attached at left. 

 


Offered at:  $6

Item #CK28050     Order Now!!


Fort Lupton State Bank

Fort Lupton

Certificate of Deposit dated 1915 at Fort Lupton, Colorado.  This is a rare find from an eastern Colorado ranching town.  Very attractive floral script at left and allegorical figure at center.  CD is in VF condition with "spindle-punch" . 

 

 


Offered at:  $5

Item #CK28017     Order Now!


Fort Lupton State Bank

Fort Lupton

Check dated 1912 at Fort Lupton, Colorado.  This is an attractive check from a small Eastern Colorado ranching town.  Nice litho of bank building at center.   Check is in VG+ condition with multiple moderate folds, no punch holes, chips or tears.

 

 


Offered at:  SOLD!

Item #CK28019     Order Now!


First National Bank

Hugo

Check dated 1927 at Hugo, Colorado.  Hugo is a small community that was on the Union Pacific Railroad line in Eastern Colorado.  Nice vignette of bank building front.  Check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at: SOLD!

Item #CK28019     Order Now!


American National Bank / Sweitzer Mercantile Co.

Leadville

Check dated 1901 at Leadville, Colorado. RN-X7 imprinted revenue stamp.  Drawn on the account of The Sweitzer Mercantile Company.  Check is in VG+ condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $10

Item #CK28031     Order Now!


Farmers National Bank

Longmont

Check dated 1908 at Longmont, Colorado.   Great farming related check!   Check is in F condition.

 

 


Offered at:  SOLD!

Item #CK28095     Order Now!


Geo Bauer, Banker

Mancos

Certificate of Deposit from The Bauer Bank (successors to Geo. Bauer Bankers), dated 1910 in Mancos, Colo.   A great CD from a small south-west Colorado community on the Denver & Rio Grande Route.  Check is in F condition with folds and very small spindle punch hole in center.

 


Offered at:  $6

Item #CK28063     Order Now!     


Matheson State Bank

Matheson

Check dated 1919 at Matheson, Colorado.  Matheson was a small ranching community in Eastern Colorado.  This is a fabulous check with a vignette of a cattle head at center.   Check is in VF condition with light "PAID" stamp entering left side of vignette.  A must for any Colorado cattle ranching collection!!


Offered at:  SOLD!

Item #CK21022     Order Now!  


Rocky Ford National Bank

Stauffer-Marsh Food

Rocky Ford, Colorado

Check dated 1934 at Rocky Ford, Colorado.  Signed by B. F. Stauffer.  This is a great oversized check with vignette of various melons.  If you have ever been to Colorado in the summer melon season, you know Rocky Ford.  They are known for their delicious melons that they grow and distribute throughout Colorado fruit markets and grocery stores.  This is a wonderful eastern Colorado agriculture check.

Check is in VF condition


Offered at:  $4

Item #CK28033     Order Now!


First National Bank

Salida

Check dated 1894 at Salida Colorado.  Check is drawn on the account of E. R. Alexander Mercantile Co., Grocers.

Check is in VF condition with spindle punch.

 


Offered at:  SOLD!

Item #CK28058     Order Now!      


Salida State Bank

Salida

Check dated 1903 at Salida Colorado.  Check is drawn on the account of E. R. Alexander Mercantile Co., General Merchandise.  A nice check from the town of Salida.  Check is in VG+ condition with very slight fading around right-side edges (see scan).


Offered at:  SOLD!

Item #CK28026     Order Now!


First National Bank, Silverton

Silverton

Check dated 1908 at Silverton, Colorado.   Nice check from the Mighty San Juans!   Check is in F condition.

 

 

 


Offered at:  $5

Item #CK28096     Order Now!


First National Bank, Telluride

Telluride

Check dated 1910 at Telluride, Colorado

Printer: The Franklin Press Co., Pueblo.

Very attractive check with vignette of the First National Bank building in Telluride.  Drawn on the account of Jos. King & Co.   Check is in VF condition.

 

 


Offered at:  $10

Item #CK28100     Order Now!


First National Bank, Trinidad

Trinidad

Check dated 1876 at Trinidad, Colorado

2c U.S. Internal Revenue stamp attached.   Check is in