A rough replica of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/golden_plates" class="extiw" title="w:golden plates">golden plates</a> on display in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_History_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:Church History Museum">Church History Museum</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="extiw" title="w:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" class="extiw" title="w:Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>. The original gold plates were reported by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith,_Jr." class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Smith, Jr.">Joseph Smith, Jr.</a> to be the source of the text found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a>.
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