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History and coins go hand in hand. Coins help archaeologist date sites and history helps to identify the coins, placing them in context. Genuine coins from the time of Jesus not only bring biblical

Some potato chips may have ridges, but so do many United States coins! You may have noticed that the quarters and dimes in your pocket or purse have a “reeded” edge, featuring vertical grooves

The 1940s was my parents’ decade, just like the ’70s was mine. When I see coins of the ’40s, they remind me of them. They lived in the same rural Vermont town where my

Struck for only eight years from 1971-1978, Eisenhower dollars were America’s last large-size circulating $1 coins. And though the series was brief, it has many interesting attributes to attract and hold the attention of