Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation's Collective Memory
Scholar Heinz Tschachler discusses the cultural legacy of Christopher Columbus and its impact on his disappearance from coins and currency.
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Scholar Heinz Tschachler discusses the cultural legacy of Christopher Columbus and its impact on his disappearance from coins and currency.
By Heinz Tschachler ..... When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus
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