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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ... As someone working in the field of "pre-modern numismatics" at NAC USA, I have the extremely rare opportunity to handle
The First Athenian Owls: Symbols of What, Exactly?
On the bills and coins that we use today, we recognize the link between the words and images that appear on the objects and the powers that issued them. Images of dead presidents and inscriptions like “United States of America” point to the authority of the federal government. We also recognize that ancillary images, such as the
Lincoln Memorial, serve to define our shared heritage as the nation of We the People.
Every design element and inscription on modern US coinage is the result of a multilateral process, involving artists, members of Congress, the