if you wrote a check for $1500...

[audball]

I would write:

One thousand five hundred and xx/100--------------------------------

 

[lyra]

We don't write checks anymore in Canada. We only use debit cards, cash and online banking.

 

[Lovinggems]

I would write 'one thousand and five hundred dollars only'.

 

[mrscushion]

I think you are forgetting an important thing. Way back when I did the deposits for one of my Dad's restaurants. You do it not because bank tellers are idiots, but to protect yourself against fraud/forgery, in that someone after the fact can't alter what you wrote (presumably for a larger amount). If you wrote fifteen hundred, hypothetically someone could squeeze in "thousand dollars" after it. If you write one thousand, five hundred dollars, it makes it very difficult for someone to add something to change the amount. Just saying...

Um, that check would definitely bounce from my checking account!

 

[zoebartlett]

I don't write "dollars" because it's already pre-printed on the check.