The Money in Your Pocket: Before and After the Federal Reserve Act of 1913

Instructor: Dr. Loren Gatch

The Federal Reserve Act changed United States finance and currency forever. Explore the politics of central banking in the United States, and the policy arguments leading up to the Fed’s founding in 1913. Contrast what currency someone might have had in their wallet before the Fed era, and how that wallet’s contents would have changed after the Fed’s founding. This presentation is part of the ANA’s National Coin Week eLearning series.