The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 14, April 4, 2004, Article 20

FLOOR SWEEPER TURNED CHIEF ENGRAVER?

  Greg Burns writes: "Yesterday I received the below-copied
  email from a teacher in Shanghi, China. I posed it to a group
  I correspond with, but other than a half-hearted guess as
  Eisenhower for the "general-statesman", I drew a zip. Perhaps
  E-Sylum readers would be able to help?
 ************* copy of email follows **************

  Dear sir:

    I am an English teacher in Shanghai, China. Recently I have
  met with a difficult problem concerning American coins. In one
  of my reading materials, it is said that "They remind us of a
  sculptor who once swept floors for fifteen cents a day and rose
  to become Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. Our coins
  also honor a general-statesman who became President and
  who was so nervous at his inauguration he had to apologize to
  his audience." I wonder who these two persons were.

    If you could take trouble to offer me with any information
  concerning that I would be very much obliged.

  Best regards
  Ni Yuhong"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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