Tomorrow's Pocket Change
What if you could buy a ticket to the future?
In this episode of Worth Its Weight, discover the surprising origins of America’s commemorative coinage, the World's Fairs that inspired it, and the stories these tiny time capsules still tell—from the grandeur of Chicago’s White City to the controversies of Columbus and the fight for women’s representation.
History fades. Coins remember.
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Numismatic References:
World's Fair Commemorative Coins
1892 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar – The first U.S. commemorative coin, issued for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
1893 Columbian…
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