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Loading ...This is part 2 of 2 videos featuring Dr. Richard Doty of the Smithsonian Institution talking at the World's Fair of Money in 2007. Dr. Doty is discussing the renaissance of American coinage that occurred in the first half of the 20th century.
Dr. Doty switches gears a bit in this segment to talk about the re-introduction of silver coinage in the 1920's.
"It had been determined to resume the coinage of silver dollars, and word was sent out to prepare new dies and new designs," explains the Smithsonian's Dr. Doty. "...the result was both commercial and commemorative, it's called the Peace Dollar."
Doty continues to explain the design process of the Peace Dollar and the history behind it. Then conversation turns from the circulating coinage to commemorative. Doty leaves us with his opinion that the finest commemorative of that early era was the Oregon Half Dollar.
Also see Renaissance of American Coinage, Part 1.
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