Coins & Paper Money

Fifty years ago in November 1965, the Philadelphia Mint released the first U.S. clad coins – Washington quarters. At the time, America was in the midst of a coin shortage. It’s hard to imagine

During this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, I’m reminded of the emergency wartime money that contributed to the great Allied victory. Steel pennies saved copper for the war effort, silver 5¢

Long live the Queen – and oh, has she ever! Elizabeth II will soon celebrate her 90th birthday (she became Britain’s oldest monarch in 2007). And although she’s formally saluted around the globe, her

Last year around this time, I wrote about a hunk of metal used as a doorstop that turned out to be a rare Carson City die…. but what about a 17-lb rock that ignited