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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September 11, 2026Ep. 34 – Fiat Currency Backed by the Future
For most of American history, silver or gold stood behind the coins and currency notes people used every day. That link stretched back to the Coinage Act of 1792 and survived, in changing forms, until the early 1970s. But in August of 1971, the final formal connection to gold ended.
From that point forward, the United States dollar rested on something less tangible and more continuous: the combination of the productive capacity of the American economy… the government’s power to tax… and the public’s willingness to accept the currency in everyday transactions.
Economists and officials described the dollar as backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Or, to put it another way, American currency was backed by the future – by the ongoing ability of the nation to produce, to trade and to meet its obligations...

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August 21, 2026Ep. 33 – Cryptocurrencies Challenge the Fiat System
The autumn of 2008 felt unsettled. Bear Stearns had collapsed in March. In September, the fall of Lehman Brothers triggered a full-blown financial crisis. The government scrambled to enact emergency measures. For many, confidence in traditional financial institutions was shaken.
Then, on October 31, 2008, a short, nine-page document was published titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” And it described a new form of electronic money – one that would operate without banks or central authorities, and without the need to trust any single institution.
It was a radical idea, offered at a moment when the old system was under visible strain. And it would challenge the financial fabric of the world...

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August 14, 2026Ep. 32 – Booms, Busts and COVID Reglobalization
The 1990s arrived with a burst of optimism. After the uncertainties of previous decades, the United States stepped into a new era of technological promise and economic expansion. And for many Americans, it felt like prosperity was not only possible but almost inevitable.

Yet beneath that sense of momentum lay seeds of volatility. The decade would test the resilience of markets, institutions and everyday citizens in profound ways. And through it all, the coins and currency in our pockets continued to tell their own quiet stories of adaptation and change...

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August 07, 2026Ep. 31 – 1970s Stagflation and the '80s Finance Boom
The 1970s opened with a sense of promise. But soon enough, familiar comforts started to slip away. Gas lines stretched for blocks. Prices climbed higher week after week. And the steady growth that defined the previous decades suddenly felt uncertain.

But then came the 1980s. The economy recovered, then boomed – but so did the national debt. It was a time when the rules of money seemed to change. And United States coinage reflected those shifts in quiet but telling ways...

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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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