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Auction: 9USA - Schingoethe Obsolete Currency Collection Part 15
Lot: 806

UT. Great Salt Lake City. Printed Valley Note. $2. Jan. 20, 1819. (Rust 77). Unissued remainder. Typeset and printed by Brigham Young and Thomas Bullock on a press made by Truman Angel, the Tabernacle architect. Only 3,329 notes of all four denominations issued, 98% of which were retired and burnt by 1869. The $2 valley note was printed for circulation, according to Rust, but never issued. Prior to release, the valley notes were signed, dated and the seal of the Twelve Apostles added. Rare unsigned. AU. Estimate US$ 300-600

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