The World’s Columbian Exposition Commemorative Half Dollars were not the only coins to be issued and sold at the Columbian Exposition. Learn more about Isabella Quarters.
Director of the U.S. Mint, Robert W. Woolley, thought the 25-year minimum for a new coin design was a mandate to create a new coin when the time period was up.
The Standing Liberty design shows Liberty in a militaristic posture, a shield in one hand and olive branch in the other as she walks through a gate in a wall.
The suggestion had been for the Mint to create new designs, and Barber had done so. The commission did not appreciate his sketches and recruited sculptors for new designs.
The World’s Columbian Exposition Commemorative Half Dollars were not the only coins to be issued and sold at the Columbian Exposition. Learn more about Isabella Quarters.
Director of the U.S. Mint, Robert W. Woolley, thought the 25-year minimum for a new coin design was a mandate to create a new coin when the time period was up.
The Standing Liberty design shows Liberty in a militaristic posture, a shield in one hand and olive branch in the other as she walks through a gate in a wall.
The suggestion had been for the Mint to create new designs, and Barber had done so. The commission did not appreciate his sketches and recruited sculptors for new designs.
