Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/newsletter/August 2019

 WikiProject news and updates from the past month (past month here)

Featured articles
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar

Member news
 * There were no new members in June.

Miscellaneous
 * Gadsden Purchase half dollar and Alabama Centennial half dollar will be today's featured article on August 9 and August 26, respectively.
 * An image of a United States first-issue 5¢ fractional currency banknote will be picture of the day on August 21.
 * Union (United States coin) became the WikiProject's first article to feature a Videowiki summary (see video).
 * Long Island Tercentenary half dollar (discussion) is currently under review for Featured Article status, while Penny (British decimal coin) (discussion) is under review for Good Article status. Users are encouraged to participate in the discussions.

Did You Know...
 * ... that while collecting the banknotes of Africa, Ibrahim Salem found that "the Dark Continent had some of the most colorful ones"? (July 22, 2019)

This month in numismatics
 * August 2, 1909, the Lincoln cent was released to the public.
 * August 8, 1952, Adolph Alexander Weinman, the designer of the Mercury dime and Walking Liberty half dollar, died in Port Chester, New York. He was 81 years old.

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