Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation's first president. After that, things get tricky. The U.S. Mint is hoping its new dollar coin series will help refresh some hazy memories of Adams, Jefferson and all the rest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago tags mint release Jefferson dollar coin |
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Some dollar coins lack "In God We Trust." The mint promised it wouldn't happen again, but you know what? It happened again. picked by hisidea 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
An AP-Ipsos poll found that three-fourths of people surveyed oppose replacing the dollar bill, featuring George Washington, with a dollar coin... so they created another coin we aren't going to want. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
Six months before the U.S. Mint issued the first Sacagawea dollar coins on January 27, 2000, 12 specially-minted 22 karat gold Sacagaweas made a launch of a very different type. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
The Royal Canadian Mint created a 100-kg (220lb) bullion coin, made of 99.999 percent pure gold, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records as world's biggest gold coin. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
This is the weirdest thing I've seen all day. Enjoy folks. picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago 11 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a welcome addition to any piggy bank on Thursday -- a monster gold coin with a face value of C$1 million (455,000 pounds) that it says is the world's biggest, purest and highest denomination coin. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
So, you know that Dollar coin that 3/4 of voters opposed? 20 comments edit related share plime.comYeah, it's in mint now. But we still have the paper one too. picked by julea 3 years ago |
Mary and Ray Smith can't make heads or tails of a new presidential dollar coin they found last week. It doesn't have either. picked by sholom22 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A coin found in a snake-infested swamp could help prove a century-old theory that a Spanish or Portuguese ship was wrecked on Australia’s east coast years before Captain James Cook’s famed voyage of discovery. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The 10 coins include images of the eight planets from our solar system. The series includes a very rare Pluto coin. It is the final Pluto-Hubble coin approved by NASA before Pluto was officially rejected as being a planet. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
An extremely rare silver coin has been found in the place of a former drainage channel of Jerusalem during the period of the Second Temple, which, btw, stood in the times of Jesus. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Have you ever flipped a coin as a way of deciding something with another person? The answer is probably yes. And you probably did so assuming you were getting a fair deal, because, as everybody knows, a coin is equally likely to show heads or tails after a single flip—unless it's been shaved or weighted or has a week-old smear of coffee on its underbelly picked by Bornbad 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Egyptian couple found a U.S. Double Eagle Coin worth $15 million in their old closet when throwing out old clothes. The coin was part of Theodore Roosevelt's 1933 collection of coins and was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
The owner of a very rare gold coin has thrown it away, a few weeks later finding out it was worth $10,000. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
The new regulation of the Treasury Department empowered the U.S. Mint to fine up to $25,000 individuals and companies for any misuse of its names, symbols and emblems. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
One coin is called the Coin of Humility the other Coin of Joy. The former should be placed in the left pocket so it would remind the person who carries it not to be a "big head." The latter should be placed in the right pocket, and it means that every person has a purpose that he or she should grab and carry it out. In such a way a person will gain happiness. When a person feels down and... read full post picked by maxriter 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
A fantastic visualization of all those billions of dollar figures that get quoted in the media, and how they compare to each other. picked by Boomshank 3 months ago 2 comments edit related share world |
Deciding custody of a child with a coin toss is apparently not OK in VA. picked by Maven 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
A super massive collection of 300 sculptures made out of dollar bills. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
A Southern California company plans to auction the world's largest coin, a 220-pound gold piece minted by Canada. 1 comments edit related share plime.comRelated story picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago |