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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 39649, member: 112&quot;]Aidan is referring to genuine coins. When the Mormon pioneers first came to the Salt Lake valley they actually established their own country. It was known as the State of Deseret. Of course the United States govt. was not very happy about this and told the people of Utah to file for territorial status and become a US Territory. The Mormons refused. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually this led to an actual state of war between the US and the State of Deseret. The US sent an army led by General Johnson to make the Mormons submit by force of arms. But other than a few minor skirmishes there never was a major battle and the two sides reached an agreement for Utah to become a US Territory.</p><p><br /></p><p>But prior to all of this taking place - Utah was an independent country. And like any country, they needed money, coins, in order to conduct trade. So they minted their own coins in gold. Today, very few of these coins exist. The ones that do are quite expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll find pics of the coins later and post them when I have more time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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