THOUSANDS RUINED BY FINANCIAL
PANIC
EL
SPTEMBER, 1873
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
1873
FEB. 12 - Gold
made monetary standard
by Coinage Act of 1873;
FEB. 27-Senate committee
reports on the Credit Mobilier
scandal; SEP.-Remington begins
commercial manufacture of the
Sholes typewriter; SEP. -
Railroad speculation and
banking failures cause
financial panic.
FM
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
(FM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)