Columbian Exposition half dollars
...that an unknown quantity of Columbian Exposition half dollars were used as collateral against loans made to the Columbian exposition and when the exposition failed to repay the debits, the banks dumped the coins into circulation?
...that an unknown quantity of <b id="mwAsw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Columbian_Exposition_half_dollar" id="mwAs0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Columbian Exposition half dollar">Columbian Exposition half dollars</a></b> were used as <a href="./Collateral_(finance)" id="mwAs4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Collateral (finance)">collateral</a> against <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Loans" id="mwAs8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Loans">loans</a> made to the <a href="./World's_Columbian_Exposition" id="mwAtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World's Columbian Exposition">Columbian exposition</a> and when the exposition failed to repay the debits, the banks dumped the coins into circulation?