The Sacagawea Dollar had a lot going for it: great look, expensive ad campaign. So why did it fail?
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U.S. Mint
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.
Just hook it to my veins…
The introduction of the U.S. Trade Dollar was probably the least objectionable thing about the Coinage Act of 1873.
If you’re head of state, you’ll be on coins– even if you last about as long as “The Chevy Chase Show.”
Why doesn’t Martin Luther King, Jr., have a U.S. Mint-issued coin honoring his life and commemorating his legacy?
A look at the much-maligned Barber Coins. Were they really so bad?
We have one man to thank for the creation of the nickel.
Why did we once have a 20-cent piece? We can thank one U.S. Senator for that.
Don’t buy coins from China – because they’re probably fake.
This is the coin that made me want to become a numismatist. Thanks mom!
Somewhere in the multiverse, we got these proposed coins instead of the ones that were actually issued.
America’s 250th birthday is coming up. What kinds of coins will we see to commemorate the occasion?
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.
It’s hard to believe that only one Supreme Court justice (who wasn’t previously President) has ever been on a government-issued coin.
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