150 Years of Preservation “For the People”
Happy Birthday, Yellowstone!
On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a monumental piece of legislation into law. Public support – encouraged by the beautiful works of artists such as Thomas Moran and William H. Jackson...
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Civil Rights Innovation Dollar
Image courtesy of Highlander Research and Education Center via the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities “Out of adversity comes opportunity,” our beloved founding father, Benjamin Franklin, once observed. The ground-breaking achievement of...
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Five Forgotten U.S. Denominations
Quick question: How many U.S. coin denominations can you name? Most people can name five – the cent, nickel, dime, quarter and half dollar. Six, if they remember the many dollar coins, like gold...
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The Man, The Money
2021 Colorized Washington Crossing the Delaware Silver American Eagle During his lifetime, George Washington turned down all attempts to honor him on U.S. currency of any kind, including a refusal to have his portrait...
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