Why did Taft write a one cent check on his first day as Chief Justice?

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The name is Waldo C. Moore. This page says that he was a check collector:

Moore sent famous people a request for an autographed bank check for one cent that was accompanied by his signed one-cent bearer note drawn on The Peoples Banking Company, Lewisburg, Ohio. Moore sent this request to hundreds of celebrities and his appeal received a surprisingly large number of affirmative replies.

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