Monty Corporation issued $112,000$ shares of $$20$ par value, cumulative, $8\%$ preferred stock on January $1,2021,$ for $$2,700,000.$ In December $2023,$ Monty declared its first dividend of $$840,000.$

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Prepare Monty's journal entry to record the issuance of the preferred stock. $($Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.$)$

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