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The first full month of 2025 is in the books. 

The sun is starting to go down a bit later. Markets are around all-time highs. Super Bowl Sunday is upon us…

Things are looking okay.

This week, in the 170th installment Shiny Thing$, we’re giving you a quick preview of the next IPO on Rally — an item that represents the moment it all started. 

We’ve been presented with the option to acquire a lot of important historical documents over the years. But this one — a copy of the first public printing of The Constitution — may be the most important one yet. 

Maybe even more-so today than at any point in our country’s history.

And you’ll have a chance to own it. 

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You may be thinking, “How can I own the Constitution? Isn’t it in the National Archives in Washington DC?”

Yes. That’s true.

But in September of 1787, two days after that last bit of ink was left on the official final draft, this printing was made specifically for the official unveiling to the public, then published in the Pennsylvania Packet — the first successful newspaper in U.S. history and a key source of truth at the time.

This decision to print The Constitution in a newspaper was matter of practical considerations as this was the best method of printing at scale and allowed for the widest distribution. It was printed by the the same printer as the Declaration of Independence copies, and the $43,200,000 example that was purchased by Ken Griffin in 2021 (which was part of a failed community-purchase by a DAO - we’ll get into that a bit next week).

Long story short, it’s the first true copy of not only the laws of the land, but the formation of our country. It’s the first time it reached the hands of the people who would shape this great nation: We, the people… and it changed the way the world viewed life — the way liberty and justice are made available to each and every one of us. All distributed through this piece of paper.

The are less than 30 of these in the world. Only 10 are estimated to be in private hands.

It’s the equivalent of a First Edition, First Print.

The genesis moment.

When paired with our Declaration of Independence which IPO’d a couple of years back, you’re looking at the potential to have ownership in the two forming documents on which our entire country was launched — both of which still hold that same weight to this day.

238 years later, The Constitution is probably more relevant in this exact moment than ever before.

This isn’t a memecoin, and it isn’t some random AI bet. It’s our past, it’s our present, and it’s the future of American democracy.

And starting now, you can reserve shares and own it.

Much, much more to come.