With the help of American Historical Theater actor Bob Gleason, award-winning Whitman authors Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz brought the first-ever Director of the U.S. Mint to life. Director David Rittenhouse kept an audience of numismatists spell-bound, touching on a range of topics, including his career as a clockmaker, astronomer and founding director of the Mint.

Augsburger and Orosz, who claimed the prestigious Book of the Year Award from the Numismatic Literary Guild, asked Rittenhouse to settle a number of controversies regarding his tenure as Director, including the correct pronunciation of "disme."