Author: Heinz Tschachler
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476681104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
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 "Georges" 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 "vehicles of useful impressions." 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.
George Washington on Coins and Currency
Author: Heinz Tschachler
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476681104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
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 "Georges" 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 "vehicles of useful impressions." 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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476681104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
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 "Georges" 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 "vehicles of useful impressions." 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.
Periodical Source Index, 1847-1985: Families
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Prints Division
Author: New York Public Library. Prints Division
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Dictionary Catalog of the Prints Division
Author: New York Public Library. Prints Division
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Category : Prints
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
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Category : Prints
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Virginiana in the Printed Book Collections of the Virginia State Library
Author: Virginia State Library
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America
Author: John Ward Dean
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Chicago Historical Society
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Michigan Alumnus
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Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.
Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.