Sometimes you run across a grimy, tattered dollar bill that seems like it’s been around since the beginning of time. Assuredly it hasn’t, but the history of human beings using cash currency does go ...

(This is an excerpt from Neil MacGregor's new book, "A History of the World in 100 Objects," just published by Penguin.) Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- We've all grown so accustomed to using little round ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Frederick Kaufman discussed the history of currency, including the decision to move the United States from the gold exchange standard to a ...

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of many changes that American currency has undergone since 1792, when the ...