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Brigham Young Signed ZCMI Stock Certificate

Salt Lake City, UT- Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution 1 Share/$100 Oct. 1, 1871 Nyholm 390 Rust UNL PMG Choice Very Fine 35.
A ZCMI stock certificate signed boldly by Brigham Young. It also has a circa 1870 portrait of Mr. Young at right. This co-operative was founded on October 16, 1868. The secretary signature is of early Latter Day Saints pioneer Thomas G(eorge) Webber. The stock certificate is made out to F(ranklin) D(ewey) Richards in his hand and he also endorsed it twice on the back. Mr. Richards held many Mormon posts during his lifetime including being a brigadier general of militia in Ogden, Utah in the late 1860s and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles during the years 1898-99. A 25ยข printed revenue stamp is at center. At lower left is a ZCMI embossed seal. The imprint is of Mills & Co. Lith. Des Moines, Iowa. A single share was the equivalent of $100. "One hundred Dollars" is penned in red ink at far left. Also,"Transferred" is penned diagonally at center on this example that sports serial number 92. Overall, simply a great Mormon item nearly 150 years old, and in a very nice state of preservation.


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