I’m not a sports memorabilia collector but I am a fan and item popped up on a Facebook page that really rings the alarm bells as a fake.
It’s a canceled check written by a famous retired athlete in 1979.
The check is written to “Visa”. I’ve had credit cards since around 1980 and I don’t ever remember writing checks directly to Visa. Aren’t the checks written directly a back such as Chase or Bank of America?
The amount of the check was $100. Seems like it may be a minimum payment but for a retired sports figure worth at least $5 million this amount seems like it could be fake.
Old guys — do you remember writing checks direct to VISA?
It's undeniably fake, the only credit cards I know of that you pay directly would American Express, or if it was way back in the day Diner's Club, or more recently Discover, AFAIK Mastercard and Visa were always issued by a bank or other financial institution, like a brokerage, and those are paid directly to the issuer.