The "National Bank" begins distributing signed and stamped notes minimally backed with raw-gold deposits from the gold rush inscribed with the initials "P.S.T.A.P.C.J.C.L.D.S.L.D.A.O.W." ("Private Seal of the Twelve Apostles, Priests of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Last Dispensation All Over the World."
[source: Brooke, John L. The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994. p.272]
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