first edition
1898 · Salt Lake City, UT
by [Bishop's General Store House], [Currency], [Scrip], [Ephemera]
Salt Lake City, UT: Bishop's General Storehouse, 1898. Currency/scrip [7.5 x 15 cm]. Printed (lithography) in blue ink, note number stamped in red. Complete, but crumpled, creased, worn, and torn; Good only. Printed by Aug. Gast Bank Note & Litho Co., St. Louis, [MO].
Verso:
"No. [stamped in red ink:] 12466 | This is not intended to be used as Money | THIS WRITING | WITNESSETH THAT THE | BISHOP'S GENERAL STORE HOUSE | AGREES TO FURNISH THE BEARER | PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE | TO THE AMOUNT OF | FIVE CENTS | AT THEIR STOREHOUSE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. | Date [stamped in black ink:] Oct. 1st, 1898. | [signed/stamped in black in:] Wm. B. Preston"
Recto:
"[Portrait of the Salt Lake City LDS Temple] | 10c | This Script is payable | in Produce and Merchandise | and is not current | except at the | BISHOP'S GENERAL STOREHOUSE | SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. | 10c | AUG. GAST BANK NOTE & LITHO. CO. ST. LOUIS."
"The Bishop's Storehouse is a charitable institution used to provide members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others in need with food and other essential items (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia271141.html)."
Nyholm 344-345. Rust 193-194. (Inventory #: 64300)
Verso:
"No. [stamped in red ink:] 12466 | This is not intended to be used as Money | THIS WRITING | WITNESSETH THAT THE | BISHOP'S GENERAL STORE HOUSE | AGREES TO FURNISH THE BEARER | PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE | TO THE AMOUNT OF | FIVE CENTS | AT THEIR STOREHOUSE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. | Date [stamped in black ink:] Oct. 1st, 1898. | [signed/stamped in black in:] Wm. B. Preston"
Recto:
"[Portrait of the Salt Lake City LDS Temple] | 10c | This Script is payable | in Produce and Merchandise | and is not current | except at the | BISHOP'S GENERAL STOREHOUSE | SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. | 10c | AUG. GAST BANK NOTE & LITHO. CO. ST. LOUIS."
"The Bishop's Storehouse is a charitable institution used to provide members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others in need with food and other essential items (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia271141.html)."
Nyholm 344-345. Rust 193-194. (Inventory #: 64300)
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