CoinWeek has published an article describing yet another arena in which the commemoration of Christopher Columbus is in decline: coin collecting. Heinz Tschachler’s “Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation’s Collective Memory” chronicles the “flagging interest” in the explorer due to both the lack of an authentic portrait of Columbus and changing social and cultural views of his place in history. Tschachler includes a description how the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition launched the Columbus half-dollar—the very first U.S. coin bearing the portrait of a historic person as well as the first official commemorative coin.
The Decline of Christopher Columbus
By Scott|2023-12-28T11:44:01-06:00October 21st, 2020|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: Christopher Columbus, coins|0 Comments
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