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 1 year ago

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 11 months ago

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 1 year ago

Dollar Coins Missing 'In God We Trust'. picked by punthe 1 year ago

So, you know that Dollar coin that 3/4 of voters opposed?
Yeah, it's in mint now. But we still have the paper one too. picked by julea 1 year ago

An ordinary guy (not an artist) who signs as ‘G’, worried because art it’s since many decades ago a big fraud, has decided to put an end to Modern Art by creating the Ultimate Art Fraud: a Post-it that he is selling in eBay for a million dollars (or more!). G thinks that Modern Art is nowadays like a comatose patient kept alive artificially by a bunch of speculators and thefts... read full post picked by tribulete 1 year ago

The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. picked by deepchill 12 months ago

The official inflation rate in Zimbabwe is running at 2,200,000%. In response to what this means to the prices of standard goods on shelves the Zimbabwean Treasury has announced they will be printing a one billion dollar bill.

This would probably buy two loaves of bread. picked by pocksucket 10 hours ago

"Iran asked Japanese refiners to switch to the yen to pay for all crude oil purchases, after Iran's central bank said it's cutting holdings of the U.S. dollar."

Goes hand in hand with plummeting dollar value. picked by deepchill 1 year ago

Harry's Bar, the famed Venice watering hole where Ernest Hemingway held court over hearty food and stiff martinis, is offering a discount to "poor" Americans suffering from a weak dollar and subprime blues. picked by buddha 3 months ago

Some stores in New York have begun accepting euros - it's the beginning of the end. picked by xenity7 5 months ago

In order to increase the odds of survival, sand dollar larvae will create clones of themselves when they sense fish, their main predator, are nearby picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Researchers estimate that millions of pets, animal parts and meats are covertly smuggled across the border totaling a $10 billion industry, second only to illegal drugs. picked by 1krazykorean 10 months ago

It's not just the American dollar that's losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn't worth what it used to be. picked by KeroBeros32 1 week ago

Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off. picked by mandolinorange 7 months ago

A listing of eBay auctions of less than a dollar and with mere minutes, sometimes just 1 minute left before bidding ends, no more than a hour. Possible to get some deals but beware of s&h fees. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

If a random dude with a baseball bat asks for a dollar, just run... picked by coldbladed 4 months ago

"Our greatest challenge — and it's been years and years since we've experienced this — is having enough beer on stock for the trip for the Canadian sports fans — they do consume more than their American counterparts," picked by makri 1 year ago

We hear dollar figures thrown out about the cost of things every day. picked by bandit 7 months ago

The dollar has been devalued to such an extent that a penny — as in one hundredth of a dollar — can only buy a fraction of the metal needed to make a physical penny. Each coin takes significantly more than one cent to produce. picked by murrayrothbard 1 month ago