Elongated Coins: A Mirror into the US’s & World History

Instructor: Oded Paz

In this presentation, Oded will show how elongated coins’ designs are a mirror of the current events that took place in the USA and the world from 1893 to today. Elongated coins are a favorite souvenir of places and historical events. It all started with the 1893 elongated coins that were first made at the Chicago Worlds’ Fair, through many other worlds’ fairs, national, international, and local events.