A Million Silver Dollars Displayed at Seattle World’s Fair
Apr 16, 2021
4 minutes
BY ROBERT R. VAN RYZIN
Editor’s Note: For nearly 60 years, the feature-rich pages of Coins magazine, Numismatic News’ venerable sister publication, have tracked the history, fun and the growth of this great hobby, while also attracting new collectors to pursue what was once deemed the “hobby of kings.” Dusting off these time-aged issues, from the early 1960s and beyond, each installment of “Past Times with Coins,” written by its former longtime editor, explores what nuggets of interest they contain.
“Big Money for a big show” reads the headline on a story in the September 1962 issue of magazine. What was the big money?
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