Ohioans on money
More than a dozen Ohioans have appeared on the nation's coins and paper money
Famous
faces on paper money
Medals
honored presidents
Ohio
heroes stamped in gold, silver
Various
pieces note moon landing
Ohio's contribution to aviation spans a century, but sculptor Donna Weaver had
less than an inch in diameter to tell the story.
Also: Ohio
quarter affirms state's role in aviation
Lured by tales of riches in the gold fields of California, 60 adventurers
left Columbus 150 years ago on a perilous journey by steamboat and covered wagon.
This site contains excerpts from a diary kept during the journey, a company
charter and contemporary newspaper accounts.
In 1863 nine Columbus merchants, including a woman milliner, issued their own
cent tokens in the face of a wartime coin shortage.
This site discusses Columbus during the Civil war, and includes contemporary
newspaper ads placed by the token issuers and a map showing where they were located
Coins that circulated in Judea as Joseph and Mary journeyed to Bethlehem, that
were piled in the stalls as Jesus drove the money changers from the temple and that were in the pouches
of those who wept at the foot of the cross still exist today. Coin dealers sell Israeli coins from
the time of Christ for as little as $5.
In God We Trust, which is stamped on more than 20 billion coins and notes each
year, is a message to the ages from a Civil War-era pastor who was fearful about what future generations
would think of this nation. This site contains stories, photos, the text of enabling legislation and
Preident Taft's thoughts on the motto.
The Lincoln cent, "the most reproduced piece of art in the history of the world," was
born in controversy 90 years ago. Introduced in the centennial year of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the
penny was released into circulation Aug. 2, 1909. In New York, a dozen policemen and a sergeant kept
order along the blocks-long line outside Treasury Department offices in the days after the cent's release
as clerks inside rationed the coin to a dollar's worth a person.
Some 10,000 copies of this medal were handed out on June 11, 1910, when The Dispatch
moved to a new home at the northeast corner of High and Gay streets. The medals turn up in antique
and coin shops from time to time, priced at a few dollars.
