Rare, early Friends of Barack Obama check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Obama, "Barack Obama," payable to Miss America Co-Ed Pageant for $25, July, 1997. Obama changes the date from June 27th to July 1st, initialing the change, "B.H.O." In very fine condition. Friends of Barack Obama was his official campaign committee; at the time he signed this check, he had just taken his seat as a member of the Illinois state senate. Extremely rare in this format, this is the first Barack Obama check we have offered.
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