Limited-edition gold and silver commemoratives have a dual date, 1776-2026, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

Every 4th of July we celebrate the day we declared our independence from England in 1776. But there was also a mysterious coin that was issued the same year. While most experts don’t know much about ...

A rare 1776 Continental dollar that was bought at a French flea market for less than $1 is worth nearly $100,000. The coin was purchased by a person who has remained anonymous to this point for 56 ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The thirty-dollar note was the highest denomination issued during the first three years or so of Continental Currency.

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A chance purchase from a junk box full of coins at a French flea market has left one coin collector almost $100,000 richer. The anonymous buyer picked up a rare 1776 Continental dollar in June 2018 ...

A RARE 1776 continental dollar bought at a French flea market for 56 cents is now worth a stunning $100,000. The anonymous buyer picked up the rare coin in June 2018, thinking it was just a piece of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By the time they broke with England, ...