Passing of the Good Old American Silver Dollar
Discussion notes that the silver dollar may not be minted again by the U.S. Mint as silver bullion reserves under the Sherman act are exhausted. Historian commentary recalls the dollar’s long history from its 1785 adoption as the unit of account to its spread worldwide, honoring its influence and the people behind its creation. The piece notes how the dollar became a familiar measure of value and reflects on its storied legacy and possible end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Roberts
United States Mint
Roberts
United States Monetary Commission
American Congress
Robert Morris
Thomas Jefferson
Spain
Austria
Charles V
Sweden
National
Good Templars of
Malmo
K. M. Lindh
Upsala
State Church of Sweden
Axel Eliasson
Stockholm
Rod
Bohuslan
Iron and Metal Workers’ Union
Sven Hedin
Central Asia
Hanna Roos
Hjelmsater
Stockhom
Skane
Marsvinsholm
Oscar
H. T. Bjorklund
Vesterbottenlan
Per Brahe
Carl Jonsson
Malhe Fors
Jonsson
Ekberg
Department of Agriculture
Altrask
Norrland
Department of the Public Domain
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templara
Grand Lodge
I. 0. G. T. Grand Lodge
Tuna
Maravinsholm
Men
Norway
South Varanger
East Finmarken
Varanger
Lillehammer
Sandvig
Maibeugen-May Hill
Gudbrandsdalen
Msihaugen
Muihaugen
Sol Diers
Tonsberg
Ragnvald Koht
Congo
Belgium
Employers’ Association
Beverdal
Nyhus
Tore Skamsdalen
America
Skien
Tvedestrand
Kristofer Janson
Kristisnis
Berge
Storting
Nordland
Rer
Eriksen
Egede Niss
Silver dollar and early American coinage traditions
The passage traces the silver dollar’s rise as the U S currency standard, Washington and Jefferson’s roles, and the broader push for a universal coinage. It notes early US money like Hog Money and Pine Tree Money, the 1792 Mint Act, and various colonial copper and token issues including Wood Money of 1722.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Harper's Book of Facts
America
Virginia Company
Early American Coinages and Tokens Through History
The piece surveys colonial and early U S coinage from 1737 private issues in Connecticut to the 1792 mint, detailing designs such as the Granby Higly token, Vermont Liberty, Georgia cent, Washington tokens, and the 1804 silver dollar rarity with 18 570 minted and theories of loss at sea or misallocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Connecticut
Vermont
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Georgia
New York
Washington
Congress
United States
National Mint
China
Gossip From Scandinavia Bites Finland News
The report notes uncertain destinations for Finnish university professors seized in St Petersburg and mentions the university president’s journey. It records König Christian’s health, a 500‑year silver seal found in Hvalso, and the secret trial ruling for Norge wrecking. Sweden, Norway updates cover unions, dignitaries, and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
St. Petersburg
Copenhagen
Jary
3Chou
Christian
Schwerin
Schou
Hvalso
Peder Jensen Lodehat
Margareta
Grand Duchy
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Maritime Court of
Norge
Minnesota News Highlights and Local Incidents
Minnesota items report travel rates for an August encampment to Boston with a Minneapolis St Paul train schedule via major lines and Niagara Falls stop. Other notes include a woman found on a log rescued near Plymouth Avenue, smuggling probes along Rainy Lake border, a 15th-century pony cannon gifted to the University of Minnesota, a state win in mineral land title, Shorthorn cattle prospects at the state fair, a Long Lake store fire suspected arson, drownings at Forest Lake and Crookston, a Wesley Chapel church project, and various city updates from St Paul to Rushford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GARB
Twin Cities
Boston
Minneapol Ia
St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Michigan Central
New York Central
Boston & Albany
Niagara Falls
Sherlis-Carpenter
Minneapolis
City Hospital
Jessie Shorley
Lomsa
Plymouth Avenue
Albert Johnson
August Johnson
Crookston
Nela H. Olson
Rushford
Act Iron
John Haley
W. Acker Street
Great Northern
Duluth
Sanborn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John J. Roddy
Chicago Great Western
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Lake Superior
Maximite Explosive Safety and Military Potential
A historical note explains maximite differs from dynamite and nitroglycerin by exploding only after penetration, making it safer to handle aboard ships. Tests at Budd? Hook show high power and resilience to shocks, enabling safe firing from large guns. A separate vignette shows a paternal exchange about Marcus Aurelius amid graduation addresses by Mr. Cumroz’s daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Bandy Hook
United States
Marcus Aureliast
Mr. Cumroz
Marcus
Washeeton
Round About the State News Highlights
A mixture of brief items from Minnesota towns reports storms at St Paul and Harriet Island, drownings in Bass Lake and Lake Phalen, a sworn in attorney general in Minnesota, and local incidents. Other notes mention tax levies, road and waterworks projects, population estimates for Minneapolis, thefts, fires, and various civic actions across cities such as Perham Kasson Mankato Excelsior and Stillwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Harriet Island
Joshua Howell
St. Boniface
Lake‘ Minnetonka
J. L. D. Morrison
Red and Gun Club
Neston Heinonen
Mike Heinonen
Detroit
Bass Lake
Joseph Weinland
Lawson Street
Lake Phalen
Fred N. Dickson
Charles W. Somerby
Minneapolia
Lona
Mississippi River
Bilsworth Johnson
Perham
Dakota County Commissioners
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Kolden & Thompson
Blackduck
Dresbach
Joseph Higgins
Traverse
Nicollet County
Samuel Silver
Clement Martin
Willow City
N. D
Frita Tchman
Tracy
A.M. Lindsay
W. S. McGregor
Minneapolis Dry Goods Company
Rochester
N. C
Great Northern Railway Company
Rice Street
John EB. Dallam
Bald Eagle Lake
Harry Nelson
Forest Lake
Stillwater
Northern Pacific
H. A. Gowdy
Bravio and
Morrissey
Foreston Mercantile and Live Stock Company
Foreston
Mille Lacs County
Johnson Mercantile Company
Grand Marais
Cook County
Crookston
M. N. Rodgers
Carpenters’ Union
Carnegie
Theodore Zable
Faribault
White
He ‘Twin Citief
Boston
Emia Ra Iwaye
Ata Im
Gk Poul
When Old Father Neptune Visits the Ship on a Pacific Crossing
On a cloudless Pacific day near Tutuila, passengers witness a Neptune initiation aboard the unnamed vessel. Father Neptune and Mother Neptune preside as a barber, hoses, flour paste, and tomato sauce soak crew and travelers. A young passenger, Mr. Eversham, is carried to the tank amid laughter, while others flee or join the revelry as the king of the waters reigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ango Pango
Tut- Villa
Pacific
Father Neptune
Neptune
A. Breat
Mother Neptune
Mr. Eversham
Eversham
Tanle
Father J Neptunes
Bedlam
Razor
Anna HL Clark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Franklin
Colin
George Washington
Jefferson
Bermudas
General Court of
John Hull
New England
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
England
American
Louisiana
Louis XV
Virginia
William Wood
Wolverhampton
Katherine Pops
Skandinavia
Denmark
Karlskrona
Bramatorp
Kronoberg
P. P. Waldenstrom
Gafle
Stromnes Lumber Company
N. D. Qvist
Stockholm Young People's Social-Democrat
Neglings Moor
Erstavile
Minnesota News
Treasury Department
Minnesota
Rainy Lake
University of Minnesota
Stacy
Ft. Snelling
George H. Morgan
University Cadet Corps
Phillipines
Morgan
University Museum
Islands
Mosate Range
Fitchcock
United States Department of the Interior
B. C. Cowan
American Shorthorn Breeder's Association
Northwest
H. Blake
Long Lake
Minneapolis Fire Department
Moracvar
Fiossie
Lulu
Cincinnati
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