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Mormon Currency Books
 
Mormon & Utah Coin & Currency
By Alvin E. Rust

$24.95
A special coupon is also included with your book order giving you $25 off your next purchase of any materials (items featured in the book, Temple Medallions, or Collector's Club purchases) over $200.
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Joseph Smith began and Brigham Young organized one of the largest private monetary systems in the world.

It began just 50 years after the U.S. Federal Government began coining money. That's when the early Mormon pioneers began issuing private coinage to stimulate the local economies of their settlements. That's when the story of Mormon and Utah Coin and Currency begins.

Turn the pages of the book and see:

  • 150-year-old Mormon gold coins
  • Kirtland, Ohio anti-banking notes
  • The first gold-backed currency in the U.S.
  • Rare Deseret currency, which was backed by livestock rather than gold.
  • ZCMI scrip
  • Co-op tokens from all over Utah
  • And many more interesting items, each of which played an important role in getting the early LDS church through economic crisis and growth

CLICK on an item below and a window will appear to tell you the history and significance of the piece.

From Kirtland, Ohio to Nauvoo, Illinois, and finally onto Salt Lake City, Utah, Mormon monetary history was researched and is brought to life on the pages of Mormon and Utah Coin and Currency. You will view pieces of history in the 300+ halftone photographs of coins, currency, stock certificates, and tokens, many of which are signed by early members and leaders of the church. These items, now mainly in private collections throughout the country, are used to illustrate and document the economic and historic progression of the LDS Church and early Utah settlers.


Come back often. New items will be entered as we continue to tell you the story of the Mormon and Utah monetary system. If you would like to purchase any of the items featured in the book, please email us at grust@rustcoin.com Tell us what specific item(s) you are interested in buying, the figure # from the book (if you have a copy of the book) and any other pertinent information that you think we need to know.

We will gladly add your request to our list and contact you when your item becomes available.

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