When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...
The images we choose to honor — those we carry in our wallets and exchange in transactions — speak volumes about who we value ...
The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...
It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...