Support For The Story Behind The 1935 Hudson Coin

While I find it personally interesting, this information is for eventual publication as part of a larger research project.

Note that I expect anything referred to in publication would be appropriately credited. My copyright comment was just to indicate the age of what I have been able to freely access online.

The author has stated he is willing to purchase any books that will be useful, but I would rather not recommend getting things without having at least some idea if there is anything helpful in them first. (He does not need anything that only talks about descriptions, prices, etc. of the coin itself. Additionally, from what I have seen, there is a lot of repetition in the basic, and usually unsupported, stories given.)

Just curious, FDR signed many commemorative coin bills - Is the specific interest in the Hudson related to his close ties with the Hudson Valley of NY?

It's likely you are already aware of it, but, just in case, authorization for the Hudson half dollar was combined with the half dollar for the Providence, Rhode Island coin - it did not have its own Act. I don't believe it took heavy "politics" to get the coin bill passed. It came at a time when many new commemorative coin bills were being introduced in the US Congress and Congress was generally receptive. The Hudson-only coin bill was introduced by Philip Goodwin of NY, a second-term Representative, and it did not face much opposition as it moved through the process in Congress. It's possible that some off-the-record agreements were reached to get Goodwin to agree to the addition of the Rhode Island coin (introduced by Senator Metcalf) to his bill which was further along in the process, but such discussions are generally not documented. Maybe there is something about the coin in Goodwin's papers - I've never checked.

Regarding an image of FDR signing the bill, have you checked with the National Archives?

When I am looking for contemporary background information on coins, I generally search old newspapers (via subscription-based services) vs. existing reference books. Primary sources are the key!

Good luck with the research quest!

Yes, I have seen the post mentioned by CelticKnot (and probably any other related posts that are on this site). It, however, focuses mainly on 1) history of Hudson (the town) and 2) description of the coin than what I am looking for in 'history of the coin.' [The ad it shows fits what I am after, to some degree, except I already found it in the source it lists.]