Commems Collection Classic: "Did You Know?" Former Commemorative Coin Names #04

During the height of the US commemorative coin frenzy in the mid-1930s, a few of the coins were typically known by different names vs. today.

What we call the "Rhode Island" was often referred to as the "Providence" in dealer advertisements. Today's "Vermont" was generally referred to as the "Bennington" or "Battle of Bennington." And our "Bay Bridge" was frequently listed as a "San Francisco" or "San Francisco-Oakland."

Less common was referring to the "Roanoke" as the "Virginia Dare" or "Raleigh," the "Bridgeport" as the "P. T. Barnum" and the "Hawaiian" as the "Hawaiian-Captain Cook" but such nomenclature was seen in some dealer advertisements.