Penty of cult artists have gone mainstream. Not Liz Phair…

“Speak softly and carry a big stick. And make sure you have beautiful-looking coins in your pocket.”

“Oh honey, look at this one!” my wife gesticulated to me one night, holding out her phone with glee. It was a picture of a small, tan-and-white dog named “Axel.” …

Mark Knopfler writes his own ending to the Dire Straits story.

A rare instance where a band’s most successful album helped lead to its demise.

Maria Theresa never ruled the Holy Roman Empire, but she gave us a beautiful coin, and one of the most popular trade dollars ever.

It’s hard to believe that only one Supreme Court justice (who wasn’t previously President) has ever been on a government-issued coin.

How do you replace the irreplaceable? You don’t — but INXS sure tried.

Who would have thought a concept album inspired by the Falkland Islands War would end the most successful incarnation of Pink Floyd?

This is the coin that made me want to become a numismatist. Thanks mom!