Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MORMONS--CURRENCY.) $2.00 obsolete banknote issued by the Kirtland Safety Society Bank. Engraved banknote, 3 x 7 inches, made out to "S Smith" (Joseph's brother Samuel?), no serial number, with faded signature of Sidney Rigdon and possibly secretarial signature of Joseph Smith Jr.; wrinkled, minimal toning. Kirtland, OH, 8 January 1837

Additional Details

Provenance: Quality Sales auction, 12 September 1973, lot 1409, to the family of the consignor.