Rare partly-printed note of Mormon currency in the amount of two dollars, 3.75 x 2, filled out in another hand to N. K. Whitney, signed in ink by Brigham Young ("B. Young") and countersigned by Thomas Bullock and Heber C. Kimball. Issued at Great Salt Lake City on January 20, 1849, the note is blindstamped with the seal of the Twelve Apostles. In fine condition.
As there was no standard United States currency at the time, Brigham Young and his associates in the LDS Church established a mint in 1848 that produced coinage and currency backed by the church. The newly minted currency began to be issued in January 1849, with the bills bearing the January 20 date being the very first printing. Although over three thousand notes were printed in this run, when the church mint resumed coinage in the fall of 1849 the paper currency was redeemed and most of it was destroyed. Of the original 5,150 notes, only 184 notes, valued at $269.00 in total, were outstanding in May 1850. This particular bill is especially notable as it was issued to Newel K. Whitney, presiding bishop of the church. Kimball served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Church of the Latter Day Saints, and Bullock was a fellow Mormon pioneer. A superb example of this exceedingly rare, historically significant banknote.
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