American currency as we know it today has been in circulation since 1792. Founding Fathers, past presidents, and a selection of other notable historical figures appear on the country’s paper bills and ...

Pennies are worth more dead than alive. That’s been true for a long time. Constant inflation, even at the low levels of the ...

Could America lose the global currency race? Understand the historical dominance of the U.S. dollar, the emerging threats from geopolitical shifts and digital currencies, and the profound implications ...

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of many changes that American currency has undergone since 1792, when the ...

"Lithod. by Evans & Cogswell", "Engraved by Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C."; Front Center Image: State Capitol at Columbia, S.C.; Between 1861 and 1865, the new government issued Confederate currency ...