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It’s well known that the US dollar was originally modeled off the Spanish milled dollar, or “piece of eight.” And it’s also well known that the name “dollar” came from …

With the popularity of gold bullion coins growing after the US legalized gold ownership in 1975, numerous countries rushed to supply the investor demand that had been pent up. Among …

While the gold standard may have offered unprecedented monetary stability to the world, for much of history most countries in the world were actually on silver standards. China was a …

The trade war with China is heating up, which has both businesses and consumers nervous. But one of the biggest unknowns is what will happen when China plays its trump …

While the Coinage Act of 1792 established the US Mint and the American system of coinage, it took years for the Mint to really get started in creating money. With …

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably never heard of the Latin Monetary Union (LMU). The LMU was a monetary union established in the 19th century to unite the currencies …

The Liberty Head series of gold coins was long in the tooth by the end of the 19th century. All major American circulating coinage, in fact, had retained the same …

By the 1880s many people had become fed up with the designs of American coinage. Both silver and gold coins had had the same designs since the 1830s, with the …

While the $20 double eagle gold coins have long gained attention from collectors and investors, the less-appreciated $10 eagle coin was for decades the standard gold coin intended for circulation. …

Most people under retirement age never experienced the days of circulating silver coinage. And even those old enough to remember them never got to experience them as adults, as base …