The breakup of Yugoslavia during the early 1990s led to the creation of five new national currencies in Slovenia Bosnia and ...

Washington reviewing the troops As commander in chief, George Washington reviewed the western army at Fort Cumberland, ...

In 2013 the U.S. government released a redesigned 100 dollar note made from paper with enhanced security features, including ...

Many communities have designed money in the shape of objects that are important to them, such as tools and weapons. They ...

Ford Library Our mission is to empower people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, preserving, and sharing ...

The White House serves many functions. As a historic building, it contains objects used over a period of two centuries. It is also where the president and first lady preside over ceremonies and ...

From the nation’s beginning, Americans have grappled with who gets educated and who pays for education. Both public and private schools have relied on a combination of public and private funding.

In South Korea, happy money are vouchers for both online and offline purchases with participating businesses. Happy money can be redeemed in person at restaurants and stores or on the Internet at ...

During the Second World War, the Nazis created one of the most significant counterfeiting operations in history. Operation Bernhard planned to undermine the British economy by flooding it with forged ...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Yale University appointed William H. Taft the Kent Professor of Law after he retired from office. Later, he lectured and wrote articles for national magazines. In 1920 Taft actively supported Warren G ...

They join banknotes in our collection printed during a period of hyperinflation in Germany after the end of the First World War. Around that time, a loaf of bread cost approximately 428 billion ...