Mar
18

Today in Smithsonian History: March 18, 1961

Monetary and Medal Exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building. Three wall cases are visible in this photo: 'War and Reconstruction, 1860-1873,' 'Rise of Modern America, 1873-1900,' and 'The Twentieth Century.'

Monetary and Medal Exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building. Three wall cases are visible in this photo: ‘War and Reconstruction, 1860-1873,’ ‘Rise of Modern America, 1873-1900,’ and ‘The Twentieth Century.’

March 18, 1961 The new hall of Monetary History and Medallic Art opens in the Arts and Industries Building, illustrating major aspects of the development of money economy. Part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, the exhibition illustrates from the “beginning of primitive barter to the establishment of our modern monetary system.”

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