Coins & Paper Money
From Tears to Triumph: Wilma Mankiller Blazed Her Own Trail
2022-P Wilma Mankiller U.S. Women Quarter The year: 1969. The event: Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island. The importance: First intertribal protest about the condition of indigenous peoples in the United States. The impact
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The Lost Gold of the Confederacy
As the Civil War’s end became increasingly apparent, President Jefferson Davis and top members of his government retreated further south. In early April 1865, rumors ran rampant that they carried with them an impressive
One Giant Leap for Women
Fourteen years after Neil Armstrong famously said from the moon’s surface, “One giant leap for mankind,” Dr. Sally Ride made the giant leap into space for American women in 1983. Ride’s latest news-making leap
The Look of Freedom
Liberty received a radiating crown to wear on the 1921 Peace dollar. But before that, our national symbol wore a different design on her head. Let’s look at some sought-after coins featuring the cap