Antique 1882 bank check from Kenton Savings Bank in Kenton, Ohio, ornate black engraving with pastoral vignette of a child resting on a horse by a stream with a dog and bridge, dated January 9, 1882, payable through Metropolitan National Bank of New York City for twenty-seven dollars and eighty cents, signed by cashier S. Kramer, revenue stamp area, printed by Wilstach Baldwin & Co. Cincinnati, diamond border design.

1882 Kenton Savings Bank Check – $27.80 to A.H.R. Nesrner, Kenton Ohio, with Horse & Child Vignette

Antique 1882 bank check from Kenton Savings Bank in Kenton, Ohio, ornate black engraving with pastoral vignette of a child resting on a horse by a stream with a dog and bridge, dated January 9, 1882, payable through Metropolitan National Bank of New York City for twenty-seven dollars and eighty cents, signed by cashier S. Kramer, revenue stamp area, printed by Wilstach Baldwin & Co. Cincinnati, diamond border design.

Price:

$ 70

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Description

This original 1882 bank draft was issued by the Kenton Savings Bank in Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. Dated January 9, 1882, it directs payment of $27.80 (Twenty Seven 80/100 Dollars) to the order of A.H.R. Nesrner (or similar name), routed through the Metropolitan National Bank of New York City for clearing. The check boasts elaborate Gothic/ornate lettering, a decorative vignette in the upper right depicting a serene rural scene with a child napping on a horse, a loyal dog, a wooden bridge, trees, and a stream—typical artistic anti-forgery element on period checks. It includes an internal revenue stamp imprint (2-cent proprietary issue required for bank checks post-Civil War), blue cancellation marks, a punched hole (likely for filing as paid), and is printed by Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., stationers in Cincinnati. Signed by the bank’s cashier (S. Kramer). This piece exemplifies small-town Midwestern banking in the early 1880s, before many institutions became national banks or building & loans. Comparable checks from this bank, often with the same vignette, are sought by collectors of obsolete currency, revenue stamps, and Ohio ephemera.