The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African-American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin.
Gold may have a special place in the hearts of many investors, but it has not been immune from the forces that have hammered commodities from aluminum to zinc this year - the rising dollar and drastic economic slowdown. Since hitting a record near $1,030 an ounce in March, the price of gold has fallen about 25% to $775 as of Monday. Even so, the precious metal should still shine for investors in 2009.
For the first time in 50 years, the penny is getting redesigned, with four versions coming next year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the U.S. Mint announced Monday.
Officials unveiled the prototype of the first U.S. coin with readable Braille characters on Wednesday -- a silver dollar commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille
Some owners of the recently released George Washington Presidential coins unwittingly got a little more bang for their buck - and they have God to thank.
Coin enthusiasts and casual collectors lined up Thursday morning at Grand Central Terminal in New York for the first opportunity to get the $1 presidential coin - but the new coin's widespread adoption is far from guaranteed.
The U.S. Mint will issue a dollar coin featuring the likeness of George Washington this Thursday, the first in the series of presidential coin dollars.
The U.S. Mint has implemented a rule against melting down pennies and nickels which, at current metal prices, could be worth more as metal than as currency.
The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African-American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin.
Gold may have a special place in the hearts of many investors, but it has not been immune from the forces that have hammered commodities from aluminum to zinc this year - the rising dollar and drastic economic slowdown. Since hitting a record near $1,030 an ounce in March, the price of gold has fallen about 25% to $775 as of Monday. Even so, the precious metal should still shine for investors in 2009.
For the first time in 50 years, the penny is getting redesigned, with four versions coming next year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the U.S. Mint announced Monday.
Officials unveiled the prototype of the first U.S. coin with readable Braille characters on Wednesday -- a silver dollar commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille
Some owners of the recently released George Washington Presidential coins unwittingly got a little more bang for their buck - and they have God to thank.
Coin enthusiasts and casual collectors lined up Thursday morning at Grand Central Terminal in New York for the first opportunity to get the $1 presidential coin - but the new coin's widespread adoption is far from guaranteed.
The U.S. Mint will issue a dollar coin featuring the likeness of George Washington this Thursday, the first in the series of presidential coin dollars.
The U.S. Mint has implemented a rule against melting down pennies and nickels which, at current metal prices, could be worth more as metal than as currency.
Penny advocates gained an unlikely supporter Wednesday as Britney Spears' husband, Kevin Federline, came out in support of the smallest unit of the U.S. currency system at an event sponsored by cellphone carrier Virgin Mobile.
The penny is now shining brighter than ever as recent increases in the cost of copper and zinc continue to push up its actual value, but that's not necessarily good news for the United States Mint, according to a report published Monday.
Coin collectors can look forward to a new series of gold-colored dollar coins depicting portraits of former presidents, according to a report published Friday.
A mistake in the minting process for some quarters issued last year is putting coin collectors in a frenzy. Speculators are bidding up prices for the recently discovered pieces from their 25-cent face value to nearly $1,500.
Debate over whether the U.S. mint should continue to produce pennies is heating up. Arizona congressman Jim Kolbe has proposed a bill that would require retailers to round up or down to the nearest...
A ton of money sounds like an incomprehensible amount--more than Jeff Bezos lost all day!--but how much is 2,000 pounds really worth? Naturally the answer depends on the kind of money you're weighi...
The first $100 U.S. coin is hot off the minting presses. Don't go spending it at your local minimart, though--it's worth more than it seems. About $430, in fact.
Each year just $14 million in counterfeit U.S. bills gets into circulation -- a tiny fraction of the $268 billion circulating worldwide. But digital photocopiers could make funny money a lot easier...
COLLECTIBLES Q. I have a poster, dated 1933, that was used to advertise the movie King Kong. The poster is in excellent condition. How much might it be worth? John Tsigakos New York City
In the weathered redbrick mills of Crane & Co. in Dalton, Massachusetts, cotton pulp flows like watery scrambled eggs through tiled vats on its way to becoming fine stationery and paper so durable ...
As a hedge against stock market losses, gold can perform tolerably well. In the short run, as Black Monday shows, nothing heightens gold's appeal so much as fear. After stocks nose-dived on U.S. ex...
Gold's glamour is back. After a long bear market that drove its price from more than $850 an ounce in 1980 to a low of $284 early in 1985, bullion has bounded ahead more than 60%. The specter of hi...
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