McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: Norwich Bulletin
Source type: newspaper
Document type: article
Document title: “Souvenir Gold Dollar in Honor of M’Kinley”
Author(s): anonymous
City of publication: Norwich, Connecticut
Date of publication: 19 January 1916
Volume number: 58
Issue number: 16
Pagination: 1

Citation

“Souvenir Gold Dollar in Honor of M’Kinley.” Norwich Bulletin 19 Jan. 1916 v58n16: p. 1.

Transcription

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Keywords

McKinley memorialization (currency); William McKinley (death: government response); McKinley memorial (Niles, OH).

Named persons

William McKinley.

Document

Souvenir Gold Dollar in Honor of M’Kinley

Bill Favorably Reported by House Committee on Coinage.

Washington, Jan. 18.—A hundred thousand souvenir gold dollars commemorating erection of the $300,000 memorial building soon to be dedicated at Niles, Ohio, in honor of William McKinley, would be coined under a bill favorably reported today by the house committee on coinage, weights and measures. The McKinley birthplace memorial association is to be permitted to sell the coins at a premium to help pay for construction and maintenance of the building.

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