Description:1974 Mickey Mantle New York Yankees payroll check. New York Yankees team issued check is dated June 25, 1974 and made payable to Mickey Mantle. Following his retirement after the 1969 season, Mantle would stay on with the Yankee organization in various roles in the years that followed. Typical bank cancellation stamp and a touch of light handling wear. A signature on the back is secretarial in nature: EX