Author Archive : Kierstin S.

It’s almost here! Next week, we’ll celebrate the 99th annual National Coin Week! This year’s theme – Dynamic Designs & Artistic Masterpieces – is a tribute to numismatic art throughout history, and the skilled

Pioneer 10 at Jupiter In the late 1960s into the 1970s, the world was abuzz with excitement over the resounding success of the famed Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Behind the scenes, though,

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

Valentine’s Day has questionable origins that date back to ancient Rome. However, its first known reference as a holiday of romance was in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. First published sometime around 1380, Chaucer’s poem,