Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why $2 bills are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Bluesky
- @ProBirdRights on Bluesky
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Economic Review: The $2 Bill Returns (Federal Reserve Bank Of Richmond)
- $2 Note (The Bureau Of Engraving And Printing)
- The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 — Artist: John Trumbull (Yale University Art Gallery)
- Time Machine: The $2 bill — Though viewed as unlucky, it’s still around (The Cedar Rapids Gazette)
- The Reading Room: “The Strange and Mysterious $2 Bill” (American Numismatic Association)
- OBJECT: 2 Dollars, Legal Tender Note, United States, 1862 (The Smithsonian)
- Confederate States of America two dollar bill (Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture)
- Civil War Collection: 2 dollar bill, Confederate States of America (The University Of Mississippi)
- The American Civil War in Texas: Confederate Currency and Taxes (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
- Military Pay during the Civil War (American Battlefield Trust)
- Collecting $2 Bills Dated From 1862 to the Present (CoinWeek.com)
- Strange as a $2 Bill (Neatorama.com)
- Alexander Hamilton on the $10 Bill: How He Got There and Why It Matters (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
- Unsullied by Falsehood: No John Trumbull (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
- Dr. Josiah Bartlett (New Hampshire Medical Society)
- Josiah Bartlett, 1729-1795 (National Constitution Center)
- What would ‘West Wing’ be without a chief executive? Original concept called for an unseen president (Deseret News)
- one example of an online inflation calculator, for value of $1 USD in the year 1862
- The Curious Case of $2 Bills in Ecuador (TheBillfold.com)
- Why are Ecuadoreans obsessed with the $2 bill? (PRI’s The World)
- Why Ecuador Uses The Dollar? (The Indicator from Planet Money)
- A Coin for a Modern World: Exploring the Story Behind Canada’s Toonie (Royal Canadian Mint)
- 2 Dollar Coin Mintages (Royal Canadian Mint)
- Loonies, toonies get steel facelift (CBC News)
- How Much Is a Canadian Two Dollar Bill Worth Today? (BWCoin.com)
- Canadian 101 : Getting to Know the ‘Loonie’ and the ‘Toonie’: The Colourful Currency of Canada (College Educacentre)
- History of Banknotes: Early Days (Reserve Bank Of Australia)
- Timeline of Aotearoa New Zealand’s banknotes and coins (Reserve Bank Of New Zealand)
- Jamaica — 2 Dollars — Jamaica act; with horizontal bar (Numista.com)
- Circulation Currency: Notes (Monetary Authority Of Singapore)
- Fiji — 2 Dollars – Elizabeth II (Numista.com)
- Bermuda $2 Dollar Banknote: An in Depth Look (BankNoteWorld.com)
- $2 Note — John Redman Bovell (Central Bank Of Barbados)
- John Hanson (Maryland250)
- Fact Check: The first black U.S. president was not a man named John Hanson (Reuters)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Pressed Pennies
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: The Dollar Sign
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Credit Unions
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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