Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation’s Collective Memory

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  Image:Piombo / United States Mint / CoinWeek. By Heinz Tschachler ….. When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus first landing on the Caribbean island of Guanahani, a bill was proposed that would eliminate the cent and the half-dollar and create a new small-dollar […]

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