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Steve Jobs’ Bicentennial check captures the birth of Apple and the PC revolution

A newly surfaced Steve Jobs-signed check is up for auction, linking the nation’s milestone anniversary with the earliest days of the personal computer revolution.

Vintage Wells Fargo Bank check from Apple Computer Company dated July 4, 1976, payable to Peoples Computer Company for ten dollars, featuring ornate border, Apple address, and Steven Jobs handwritten signature
Image credit: RR Auction

RR Auction is currently running a Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction, full of signatures from American presidents, political figures, authors, kings, queens, scientists, engineers, innovators, and everyone in between. Among the famous names is Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and former CEO.

It’s hardly the first time Jobs-signed item has made it to the auction block, but this one comes with remarkable timing. The $10 payment to the People’s Computer Company (PCC) is dated July 4, 1976, America’s Bicentennial, just months after Apple was founded.

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