Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed in blue ink by Clemente, "Roberto Clemente," payable to Saint Francis for $8.43, August 23, 1972. In Near Mint overall condition. On August 23rd the Pirates were in San Francisco to wrap up a three game series; Clemente, who had been injured for much of the month, went 0-4 in a shutout loss. Clemente is sought-after in personal checks, and this example dates to his final season—just months before he died in a tragic plane crash while en route to deliver humanitarian aid to Nicaragua. Encapsulated by PSA/DNA, with the signature graded MINT 9.
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