NUMISMATICS AND RIOTS 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 16, April 18, 2004, Article 15
NUMISMATICS AND RIOTS
Last week's quiz question about numismatics and riots
brought some responses this time. John Burns writes:
"Off the top of my head I seem to recall a medal struck for
the Haymarket riot in 1893. Also, I recall that it was a
relic medal in having a piece of shrapnel from a bomb
embedded in it."Marilyn Reback, Senior Editor of NUMISMATIST,
writes: "In reply to your question on numismatics and riots,
the item that first came to mind was a medal issued by the
Chicago Policemen's Benevolent Association to mark its
centennial in 1968. The medal shows the police monument
dedicated to officers killed in the Haymarket Square Riot of
May 1886. It is pictured and described in Ed Rochette's
"Other Side of the Coin" column in the May 1998 issue of
THE NUMISMATIST.Searching online, I found another riot connection. In April
2001, the Oklahoma Medal of Distinction was awarded
(rather belatedly) to survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot."- 2004-04-18
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