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-	A check was a hand-written note to a banker requesting a certain sum be paid to an individual (The [[payee]]) by the bank (the [[Drawee]], Acceptor and [[payer]]) for the person who wrote it (The [[Drawer]]). This is a type of [[Bill of Exchange]]. The typical text was as follows:	+	A check was a hand-written note to a banker requesting a certain sum be paid to an individual (The [[payee]]) by the bank (the [[Drawee]], Acceptor and [[payer]]) for the person who wrote it (The [[Drawer]]). This is a type of [[Bill of Exchange]].
-	Date and location	+	The typical text was as follows:
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-	Please to pay to [[payee]] or order (Sum of money written out)	+
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-	and place the same to [[drawer]].	+
		+	(Date and location)
		+	Please to pay to ([[payee]]) or order (Sum of money written out)
		+	and place the same to ([[drawer]]).
	per yours,		per yours,
-		+	To ([[Drawee]]) (Signature)
-	To [[Drawee]] (Signature)	+
	Source:		Source:
	RBS Group. ''The Story of Banking: A history of British Banking.'' http://www.rbs.com/about03.asp?id=ABOUT_US/OUR_HERITAGE/OUR_HISTORY/STORY_BANKING/BRITISH_BANKING		RBS Group. ''The Story of Banking: A history of British Banking.'' http://www.rbs.com/about03.asp?id=ABOUT_US/OUR_HERITAGE/OUR_HISTORY/STORY_BANKING/BRITISH_BANKING

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A check was a hand-written note to a banker requesting a certain sum be paid to an individual (The payee) by the bank (the Drawee, Acceptor and payer) for the person who wrote it (The Drawer). This is a type of Bill of Exchange.

The typical text was as follows:

                                   (Date and location)
 Please to pay to (payee) or order (Sum of money written out)
 and place the same to (drawer).
 per yours,
 To (Drawee)     (Signature)

Source: RBS Group. The Story of Banking: A history of British Banking. http://www.rbs.com/about03.asp?id=ABOUT_US/OUR_HERITAGE/OUR_HISTORY/STORY_BANKING/BRITISH_BANKING