So if Jim's premise that someone got a period check and filled it out to Ruth in order to forge his signature on the reverse to sell it as a forgery, what was the incentive to change the original amount from $5.00 to $500?
Why would the amount make any difference? Especially since obviously the one they would have been trying to replicate which according to Heritage is indeed authentic was for $5.00.
I agree upon a closer look that the two zeroes appear to have been added with a slightly different pen and perhaps as Jim surmised the red blotch covers an attempt to change the amount but again for what reason.
Is a $500 Ruth check worth more than a $5 one if both are perceived to be authentic as to Ruth's signature?
Also, comparing the clearing house stamps on both checks they indeed appear to be a match.
I am not trying to justify that the check is authentic as for close to 15 years I have assumed that it is not.
However, something does not add up in this case and I would just like a plausible answer.
The Ruth signature is clearly live ink. Even if replicated by a laser as Jim guesses, the change to the amount makes no sense to me.
Last edited by rand1com; 05-12-2021 at 06:58 AM.
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