Whether you’re using the regular bank variety or personalized printings with attractive designs, checks share specific characteristics that most people probably don’t even pay notice to.  Beyond the bland bank drafts and Disney check designs, there are several things about your checks that might be interesting to note.
Do you know checks have been around for thousands of years?  In fact, they were introduced as negotiable instruments by the Romans as early as 1 BC.  While their exact implementation may have been different from ours, there’s little doubt they were used …