The Seated Liberty dollar was a dollar coin designed by Mint Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht and struck by the United States Mint from 1840 to 1873. The coin's reverse features a heraldic eagle first seen on coins in 1807, based on a design by late Mint Chief Engraver John Reich; the coin's obverse is based on the Gobrecht dollar. "In God We Trust" was added to the dollar in 1866 following its introduction to other US coins earlier in the decade. In the final years of the series, there was more silver produced in the US, and mintages increased. These were the last dollar coins before the Coinage Act of 1873 temporarily ended their production for American commerce and authorized the trade dollar for use in foreign commerce. Representatives of silver interests were unhappy when the metal's price dropped again in the mid-1870s; they advocated the resumption of the free coinage of silver into legal tender. After passage of the Bland-Allison Act in 1878, silver dollar production resumed with the Morgan dollar.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
900:
A debt was pardoned by the Datu of Tondo on the island of Luzon, as inscribed on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Copperplate_Inscription
1782:
A city pillar was erected on Rattanakosin Island, located on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River, an act considered the founding of the city of Bangkok. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok
1918:
Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron", was shot down and killed near Vaux-sur-Somme in France, after a career as the most successful fighter pilot of World War I with 80 confirmed air combat victories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen
1960:
Brasília, a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, replacing Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia
1975:
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned as President of South Vietnam, and was replaced by Trần Văn Hương, as communist forces closed in on victory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Thi%E1%BB%87u
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
overawe: (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overawe
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears. --Rollo May https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rollo_May