A check signed by former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs sold for $46,063 at auction this week. Issued by “Apple Computer Company” in 1976, the $4.01 check was made out to electronics retailer RadioShack.
As an American, it would be weird for me to see it as a decimal, however I can’t say I’ve ever really thought about it. It’s just “traditional” for checks to be written that way here, and how we’re taught in school.