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1901 Elling State Bank Check Virginia City Montana $26.75 — J. E. Oppenheimer Payee, S.R. Buford & Co. Signer, First Natl Bank of Butte Endorsement

Approximately 3" by  8" 

• An original bank check drawn on the Elling State Bank of Virginia City, Montana, dated March 1, 1901. Issued on the account of S. R. Buford & Co. (printed in the left margin), payable to J. E. Oppenheimer or bearer in the amount of $26.75/100 — written out as "Twenty Six 75/100 Dollars."

  The check bears a 2-cent orange documentary revenue stamp (canceled) and a prominent pink Elling State Bank — PAID — Mar 6, 1901 — Virginia City, Montana cancellation stamp across the face. Blank printed by Wm. Mann Co., Philadelphia.

  The reverse carries two endorsement stamps of exceptional interest:

  • A red rubber stamp reading: "PAY TO THE ORDER OF / FIRST NAT'L BANK OF BUTTE, / J. E. OPPENHEIMER" — the payee's own endorsement directing funds through Butte.
  • A purple rubber stamp reading: "PAY TO THE ORDER OF / ANY BANK, BANKER, OR TRUST CO., / FIRST NAT'L BANK OF BUTTE, / BUTTE, MONTANA, / E. B. WEIRICK, Cashier."

  This layered endorsement chain — from Virginia City's Elling State Bank through the First National Bank of Butte under cashier E. B. Weirick — documents exactly how frontier Montana banking clearinghouse transactions were executed in 1901, with Butte serving as the regional correspondent banking hub.

  J. E. Oppenheimer was an active commercial figure in the Virginia City / Madison County area. The First National Bank of Butte was one of Montana's premier financial institutions during the Copper King era.