Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Gadsden Purchase half dollar/archive1
The Gadsden Purchase half dollar was a proposed commemorative coin. On April 21, 1930, U.S. President Herbert Hoover vetoed its authorizing legislation, the first veto of his presidency and the first ever for a commemorative coin bill. The proposal had been the brainchild of El Paso coin dealer Lyman W. Hoffecker, who wanted a commemorative coin he could control and distribute. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon opposed the legislation, but it passed both houses of Congress without dissent before the veto. No such coins were struck during the remainder of the Hoover Administration. There were new commemoratives issued after Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated, and by 1935, he was citing Hoover's veto and urging Congress to avoid passing commemorative coin bills. Roosevelt vetoed one in 1938, Harry S. Truman vetoed another in 1947, and three more were vetoed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. No commemorative coins were struck from 1955 until after the Treasury Department changed its position in 1981. (Full article...)
Any thoughts or edits? - Dank (push to talk) 14:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC)