Maynard Sundman Lecture Series
Dr. Doty is the Curator of the Smithsonian's Division of Political History. His research specialties include numismatic technology; 18th century token coinage of the British Isles; Latin American coinage, 19th century American private bank notes; and Confederate monetary history.
This presentation is an examination of famous people and what they have done to become famous who appear on American obsolete currency. Dr. Doty examines the nature of fame in the 19th century as developed through the medium of the obsolete bank note. The people placed on these notes were by no means accidental or capricious. Rather, there were deliberately chosen by banks and bankers to create and extol the heroes necessary in building a sense of American nationalism; to pay homage to local and even sectional leaders, even as the nation was leading up to the Civil War. Speaker(s): Richard Doty, Ph.D..

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