Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — Preparedness Coins Soon To Be Issued By U. S. [ARTICLE]

Preparedness Coins Soon To Be Issued By U. S.

Preparedness coins, the first ever struck, will go into circulation in the United States shortly after July 1, next. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announced the forthcoming advent .of the new coins, stating that they are “intended to typify in a measure the awakening interest of the country in its own protection.” The new preparedness coins will bs twenty-five cent pieces and will appear with newly designed coins of the ten cent and half dollar denominations. These new designs for fractional silver are to be adopted in accordance with the law which permits such alterations quarter of a century. Twenty-five years have elapsed since the last change. The preparedness quarter will have on the reverse side a figure of Liberty, stepping forward to the gates of the country with left arm upraised in defense and on the arm a shield. The attitude is one of defense. In the right hand is an olive branch and the words “Liberty,” and “In God We Trust,” and the date “1916.” On the reverse side is an American eagle in full flight. The new half dollar will show a full length Liberty bearing the American flag and carrying laurel and oak branches on one side and an eagle, perched on a crag with spread wings on the other. A mountin pine sapling, growing from the rock, also is on the reverse side. The inscription “In God We Trust,” also appears. The design show's a new profile of Liberty on the obverse and on the inverse a fasces, or bundle of rods fastened together symbolic of the strength thai, lies in uhity. Olive branches surround the fasces.