U.S. Mint

The Sacagawea Dollar had a lot going for it: great look, expensive ad campaign. So why did it fail?

Following JFK’s assassination, U.S. Mint and Treasury officials, as well as the Senate, House and President, worked swiftly to memorialize him on a coin.

Somewhere in the multiverse, we got these proposed coins instead of the ones that were actually issued.

The introduction of the U.S. Trade Dollar was probably the least objectionable thing about the Coinage Act of 1873.

America’s 250th birthday is coming up. What kinds of coins will we see to commemorate the occasion?

Why doesn’t Martin Luther King, Jr., have a U.S. Mint-issued coin honoring his life and commemorating his legacy?

There are no shortage of myths when it comes to the Confederate States of America. It’s the same when it comes to Confederate coinage.

We have one man to thank for the creation of the nickel.

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

Don’t buy coins from China – because they’re probably fake.