The Brass Armadillo Antique Mall in Des Moines is proof that Iowa doesn’t mess around when it comes to preserving the past, and your wallet will actually thank you for the experience. This isn’t your ...

The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia pressed its final penny last week, bringing an end to a tradition that dates to the earliest days of the republic.

Cryptocurrencies have, since their inception, existed in a kind of financial Wild West. No longer – they are entering the ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...

An interview with Don Felder, Althea Gibson's second cousin, where he shares personal memories of the tennis legend and ...

The American Numismatic Society, an organization of coin collectors founded in 1858 whose motto is "Parva Ne Pareant" ("Let ...

Princeton University’s Numismatic Collection is a way to come into direct contact with the past. In addition to students ...

Exterior of the future home of the American Numismatic Society, located on the campus of the Toledo Museum of Art. Courtesy ...

Louisiana collector Paul Hollis faced a congressional committee in the next step toward his potential confirmation to be the 41st director of the United States Mint.

As the US mints its last penny, I can't help feeling nostalgic for the tiny coin that shaped my childhood and still brings me ...

For as long as he can remember, Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeremy Hammons wanted to join the U.S. Marshals Service, to the point he began studying the history of the agency long before he pinned on the badge ...

When young Ben Franklin landed in Philadelphia after the long trip from Boston in the 1700s, he was ravenously hungry, as he writes in his famous “Autobiography.” ...