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?In the early 1970s, when my wife and I were young and poor, Olga sold Avon products door-to-door in our Ohio State University campus-area neighborhood. “Avon calling” was the company’s ...
Dorie Miller received the Navy Cross for valor during May 27, 1942, ceremonies aboard the USS “Enterprise” from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Legislation has been introduced to recognize ...
Enough planchets are in Mint inventory to produce 2025 Lincoln cents for current Federal Reserve orders and numismatic sets, as efforts toward eliminating the denomination mount.
The Department of Government Efficiency has impacted the United States Mint operations, with 300 positions eliminated and a like number still expected to be chopped.
In a landmark victory for coin dealers, collectors, and investors, the Kentucky General Assembly has overridden Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of House Bill 2, officially enacting a sales-tax ...
The door knocker that originally graced the front door of the Dahlonega Mint in Georgia was presented March 13 by a descendant of the facility’s first superintendent to the Hargrett Rare Book ...
In the early days of the United States Mint, dies were created by hand using punches to place design elements, letters and numbers. In some cases, mint workers grabbed the wrong punch or failed to ...
An innovative new security thread for bank notes at the recent Global Currency Forum, held in Oman by Giesecke+Devrient using nano-technology and micro-mirrors for affect.
As part of their multi-day end-of-March World Paper Money Showcase Auction, Heritage featured 52 notes that picture the late Queen Elizabeth II. The Balmoral Collection of Queen Elizabeth II ...