Coins, Currency & American History

By Littleton Coin Company

America was not built in a straight line.
It was built through arguments about power, money, and trust.

This podcast tells the story of the United States through the forces that

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July 24, 2026Ep. 30 – The Postwar Boom and Suburban Capitalism
After four years of fighting and rationing, Americans were tired. But finally, World War II was over. Millions of men and women serving overseas returned home to both celebrations and new challenges. And a new generation of Americans, Baby Boomers, was born.
In the decades that followed, the nation faced new challenges and a new Cold War. But the economy was booming. The United States reached new heights – literally – with NASA and the Apollo space program.
All while twin economic forces reshaped the American landscape...

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July 17, 2026Ep. 29 – World War II, Bretton Woods and a New World Currency
The United States entered World War II in December of 1941. Across Europe and Asia, air and ground combat were ravaging farms and factories. Consumer goods were rationed. War production defined the global economy. Even the U.S. Mint joined the war effort.
Coins were struck in silver and steel to save copper and nickel for munitions and other military equipment. While the Bureau of Engraving and Printing issued special emergency currency notes to stop the enemy from using captured American money.
And the war would bring other monetary changes – including a new world reserve currency...

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July 10, 2026Ep. 28 – The Great Depression, The New Deal and Managed Capitalism
The crash came in late October of 1929. Stock prices plunged. Fortunes evaporated. The Roaring Twenties gave way to the Great Depression.
Out of its depths emerged one of the most ambitious experiments in American economics. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reshaped the relationship between government, business and everyday citizens. It was the birth of managed capitalism in the United States.
And through it all, the nation’s coins and currency told their own quiet story of upheaval and adaptation...

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July 03, 2026Ep. 27 – The Roaring Twenties: Credit, Culture and Consumerism
The Roaring Twenties were a transformative era in American history. From flappers, speakeasies and shifting societal norms to rapid industrial growth and revolutions in personal finance, America was changing fast.

Installment buying and consumer credit surged in popularity as people across the nation embraced a new, modern way of life. But beneath the glamour of the Jazz Age, even bigger changes were on the horizon…

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June 26, 2026Ep. 26 – World War I and the End of Isolation
History remembers World War I for trench warfare, alliances, and fallen empires. But it also showed factories and financial strength could shape events in ways armies and navies alone could not. And it forced the United States to decide what kind of country it would become in a connected world.
America had long preferred distance and isolation. But modern industry and credit made separation harder to maintain. The nation found itself drawn onto the global stage. And it rose to the occasion, changing the world’s balance of power forever...

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June 19, 2026Ep. 25 – Teddy Roosevelt and the Meaning of Prosperity
America had become a nation of abundance. Wages climbed. Prices fell. New inventions were everywhere. For the first time, many could afford modern tools and conveniences. But what should all that prosperity serve? The question was asked by writers... naturalists... working Americans... and one energetic president who felt a nation needs more than comfort and commerce...

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June 12, 2026Ep. 24 – Ford and the Driveway Industrial Revolution
In the early twentieth century, America was already a powerhouse of factories and production. But for most families, that industrial strength was hidden behind the walls of giant plants in places like Pittsburgh and Detroit. Until one man reshaped how the country worked, spent, and moved...

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June 05, 2026Ep. 23 – The Spanish-American War
By the 1890s, the United States filled its own continent and began to look beyond its shores. And when the battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor in February 1898, Congress declared war on Spain. The conflict lasted only a few months, but its effects reached far into the new century...

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May 29, 2026Ep. 22 – The Gilded Age: When Capital Outgrew Money
The end of Reconstruction left the future of the United States wide open. Historians would later call this period the Gilded Age. And for the first time since independence, Americans stopped measuring themselves against Europe. They started competing with it...

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May 22, 2026Ep. 21 – The Lost Cause and Reconstruction
The Civil War had ended. Reconstruction brought the Southern states back into the Union. Yet for many in the South, the wounds lingered. They searched for a way to make sense of defeat and move forward with a measure of dignity. And their search gave to what would become known as The Lost Cause...

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