Kinderhook plate

ICHi-074350

Title: Kinderhook plate Description: One of the six original Kinderhook Plates created by counterfeiters in southwestern Illinois who hoped to discredit Latter Day Saints leader Joseph Smith in 1843. The plates were manufactured bearing a fabricated ancient language and buried near the town of Kinderhook, Illinois. The hucksters hoped Smith would translate the gibberish and reveal himself as a fake. Date Depicted: circa 1843 Physical Format: tablets; relics Copyright Notice: © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved. Credit Line: Chicago History Museum, ICHi-074350 Accession Number: 1920.487 Storage Location: DIA Max Pixels - Width: 3809 Max Pixels - Height: 4623 Help improve this content