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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

By putting the dollar sign first on checks it prevents someone from changing 100$ into 1100$

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You could do the same if the dollar sign is on the other side though.

$100

$1000

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But that's why you put the "and no cents ~~~~~~~~" at the end

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the text portion, not the numeric portion.

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I still do the $100.°/oo~~~~ in the numeric section too.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see. I assumed you meant the words because you put the words in your comment.

Seems like a good idea to do both, as you say.

I don't really write a lot of checks any more.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

You could do a similar thing for the other style:

100$

Vs

-------- 100$

I would write it $100, but only because it's convention, either method has the same issue and solutions.

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

100.00$ vs $100.00 I guess? Though I suppose you could turn the period into a comma.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

aren't they supposed to look at the fully written out

"One hundred dollars 0/100" part of the check. Either way someone can slip in a 1 or a zero somewhere in the paper.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The they in your sentence, at one point in time, referred to me and my three buddies who worked for Commerce Bank back in the oughts. They left four kids, one of them 18 and the rest 17, in charge of a bank sometimes. I may be personally responsible for commerce bank ceasing to exist.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I had to write a check a few months ago, it was like divining an ancient language.

It cleared through, so I guess I got it right.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago
[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure the printing out of the amount with letters prevents that.

One hundred dollars -------xx/00