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Half Dimes Inspire Youth and Myth in 19th Century America
In a nostalgic glance, the piece traces half dimes as youth collectibles in late 1800s Ohio and beyond, where boys traded tawdry novels titled half dimes, inspired by frontier heroes and Deadwood Dick. It notes Beadle and Adams publishing and a Tuesday cadence for new issues, with the coin’s rise and decline mirrored by dime libraries and shifting commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane Grey
Greg
Ohio
Zanesville
Deadwood Dick
Beadle and Adams
Woodshed
Irvin
Cobb
Harry
Houdini
U.S
George Washington
Congress
Georgius IV D.G. Rex
H.M
Wakefield
R.I
Ireland
George IV
M.C
Port Jefferson
N, N.Y