A SCARCE $2 GREAT SALT LAKE CITY VALLEY NOTE,  SIGNED BY BRIGHAM YOUNG

YOUNG, BRIGHAM.  (1801-1877).  American religious leader and colonizer of Utah.  Uncommon Partly-printed Document Signed, “B. Young”, being a $2 Mormon currency note.  One page, oblong 32mo.  “G[reat]. S[alt]. L[ake]. City”, January 20, 1849.  Fine condition.  The note reads:  “GOOD to N.K. Whitney or bearer, two DOLLARS on demand”. Boldly signed by “Th[omas] Bulloch (clerk), H[erber] C. Kimball, and B[righam] Young”.  Blindstamped with the seal of the Twelve Apostles.   Also accompanied by a CDV of Brigham Young, by C.R.Savage, of Salt Lake City.  Young is pictured in bust pose [Margins trimmed].  The note is in excellent condition and a rare find of an authentic non-serial numbered note, from the first issuance of currency.   This note originates from a collection that was amassed in the 1970’s.   

$3500.00