Many countries have dropped low-denomination coins in the past. But can cash-loving Germany follow suit and stop accepting ...

This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...

While you might expect some of America's most valuable relics to be items like jewelry or coins, you might be surprised to ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...

In 1990, the closure of the Virginia State Penitentiary ended nearly 200 years of holding state inmates in downtown Richmond.

Coin collecting may have been a niche hobby in times past, but an increased interest in numismatics -- whether due to ...

The 25-cent coin that can be worth up to $4,500 ... Here are its characteristics, so you can find out if you have one. The obverse (head) of the coin features the bust of President George ...

The 1 and 2 euro coins will include the word "euro" / "евро" in Cyrillic, while the 1 cent coin will carry the word "stotinka" / "стотинка", and the 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cent coins ...

Only Congress has the power to do that, but what would happen if the United States got rid of the one-cent coin? The U.S. Mint said it lost $85.3 million last year minting 3.2 billion new pennies.

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding ... differing view and approach to this. On one hand, countries such as Singapore have relatively low tax rates with Income Tax capped at 22% (for every dollar ...

The average price for a home in Aurora was $1.31 million in March 2025, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. That’s up 14.2 per cent or $163,529 from February 2025 but down 9.4 per ...

(WAVY) — Could you have a penny worth way more than one ... copper cent. In 1982, they changed the composition from copper to zinc. And so the 83s are zinc.” Besides finding an old coin ...