Sold For $2,500
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Friends of Barack Obama check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Obama, "Barack Obama," payable to Friends of Dick Durbin for $500, September 27, 2002. The memo section is annotated for “Consulting.” In very fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
Friends of Barack Obama was his official campaign committee; at the time he signed this check, Obama was preparing for his third straight election to the Illinois Senate, which he won for the newly configured 13th district unopposed on November 5, 2002. Also of note is the payee, the campaign committee for Dick Durbin, a fellow Illinois senator who introduced Obama on the final night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
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