George Washington on Coins and Currency (eBook)

Tschachler Heinz Tschachler (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
246 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-4034-1 (ISBN)

Infos

George Washington is the most popular subject on coins, medals, tokens, paper money and postage stamps in America. Attempts to eliminate one-dollar bills from circulation, replacing them with coins, have been unsuccessful. Americans' reluctance to part with their "e;Georges"e; are beyond rational considerations but tap into deep-felt emotions. To discard one-dollar bills means discarding the metaphorical Father of His Country. Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury, said that monetary tokens were "e;vehicles of useful impressions."e; This numismatic history of George Washington traces the persistence of his image on American currency. These images are mostly from the late 18th-century. This book also offers a close look at the pictorial tradition in which these images are rooted.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.7.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-4034-3 / 1476640343
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-4034-1 / 9781476640341