Wayne Homren (2022)
Multi-Media Summary
This presentation is an overview of U.S. Civil War numismatics in the form of a show-and-tell presentation of coins, tokens, paper money, and scrip used just before, during, and after the war. While not comprehensive, the presentation covers wide ground and illustrates how money was drastically changed due to the conflict. Many illustrations are from the presenter's own collection. Presented as part of the Newman Portal Symposium, April 8-10, 2022. Speaker(s): Wayne Homren.