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Episode 156: CoinWeek Podcast #156: Money & Race: An American Story

Episode 156: CoinWeek Podcast #156: Money & Race: An American Story

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Episode 156: CoinWeek Podcast #156: Money & Race: An American Story

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode of the CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The print and digital version of the May-June issue of the PCGS Rare Coin Market Review is out now. Be sure to check out Dutch graphic designer Ootje Oxenaar’s excellent article about the art and application of banknote design. Plus an in-depth look at the 1921 Chapman Proof Morgan dollar, PCGS pricing, and more. Visit PCGS.com to register if you have not already!In the American story, some things aren’t negotiable. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast Charles and Chris talk to author and historian Michael O’Malley about how issues of race and money commingle in real and sometimes even surprising ways. O’Malley is the author of a book titled Face Value: The Entwined History of Money and Race in America - a powerful work that delves quite deeply into a number of numismatic topics, including the intrinsic monetary value of the human body, the depictions of black figures on Confederate paper money, 19th-century racial views on silver and gold, and more. It’s a topic that is often fraught with passion. We attempt to break it down in numismatic terms… next on the CoinWeek Podcast.
Released:
Apr 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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