{"product_id":"a-republic-worth-the-weight-james-d-heiser-9798275823721","title":"A Republic Worth the Weight: Coinage, Civic Virtue and the Renewal of the American People","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Republic must be \u003ci\u003etaught\u003c\/i\u003e-not merely inherited\u003c\/b\u003e. From the first strikes of the 1793 large cent to the last fading years of true copper coinage, the United States minted more than currency-it minted civic virtue. \u003ci\u003eA Republic Worth the Weight\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping, rigorous, and deeply moving defense of honest money as a cornerstone of the American experiment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBishop James Heiser-drawing on a lifetime of work in history, political philosophy, and pastoral reflection-argues that early American coinage served a purpose far greater than commerce. It was a daily cultural catechism, forming the habits, expectations, and civic imagination of a free people. When Americans handled coins of real metal, struck with dignity and symbolic coherence, they were reminded of the weight of their nation's promises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I - The Foundations of a Monetary Republic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJourney into the constitutional and philosophical bedrock of American coinage: \u003cbr\u003e- Why the Founders bound the Republic to \u003ci\u003ehonest weights and measures\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e- How Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Gouverneur Morris saw coinage as a moral act.\u003cbr\u003e- Why early copper, silver, and gold coins were designed to \u003ci\u003eteach\u003c\/i\u003e as much as they were meant to circulate.\u003cbr\u003e- How debasement and inflation were understood as forms of \u003ci\u003epolitical corruption\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II - The Lincoln Dollar Proposal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bold and practical plan for national renewal-rooted in history, backed by economics, and oriented toward dignity: \u003cbr\u003e- A 95% copper, 26mm Lincoln Dollar, restoring weight, symbolism, and presence.\u003cbr\u003e- A fully costed plan showing the Mint's potential to net $250-$300 million in seigniorage on launch.\u003cbr\u003e- A design philosophy grounded in classical American imagery: Liberty, the wreath, the Union.\u003cbr\u003e- The case for replacing the failed small-dollar programs with a coin worthy of the Republic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III - The Republic Remembered\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA profound meditation on memory, virtue, and the formation of citizens: \u003cbr\u003e- How coinage shapes the imagination of a people.\u003cbr\u003e- Why abstraction and digital currency contribute to civic amnesia.\u003cbr\u003e- How honest money teaches responsibility, thrift, reality, and continuity.\u003cbr\u003e8 Why the Republic needs *tangible symbols* to sustain a free people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanied by original neoclassical engravings, historically evocative artwork, and a vision rooted in the best of the American tradition, this work speaks to historians, constitutionalists, educators, numismatists, and all citizens who still believe the Republic is worth saving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Republic Worth the Weight\u003c\/i\u003e is both a remembrance and a call-a reminder that liberty endures when citizens are formed not only by words, but by the weight of truth struck into metal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. Heiser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275823721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"James D. Heiser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801177731327,"sku":"9798275823721","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-republic-worth-the-weight-james-d-heiser-9798275823721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}