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Original – The original check used for the Alaska Purchase, in which the US purchased Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million
Reason
Highly significant document, high resolution, quality scan, well-used
Articles in which this image appears
Alaska Purchase, History of Alaska, Russian America, 1867
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Signed by Edouard de Stoeckl and William H. Seward (if I'm not mistaken), scan by US Government

Promoted File:Alaska Purchase (hi-res).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]