Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2024. There are 182 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a ...

Delegates to the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July in 1776, issued a remarkable document proclaiming the 13 colonies in America to be free from ...

All of us should take a cue from those who signed the Declaration of Independence and pledge to do more to serve and improve ...

M ost people encounter the dollar sign on a daily basis: in stores, on websites, in the media and more. The symbol also serves as shorthand, referring to money, wealth, capitalism ...

HIGH PRICES FOR COINS.; " Continental Currency" Dollar of 1776 Fetches $500 at Auction. Share full article. Special to The New York Times. May 2, 1904; ...

A rare 18th century coin found at the bottom of a toffee tin in the Cotswolds has sold at auction for £25,000. The item is known as a Continental Dollar and was minted in 1776 - the year of the ...

An incredibly rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence found in a toffee tin has sold for £25,000 ($32,000). Known as a Continental Dollar the coin measuring 38mm ...

Rare US Coin: Recently, a rare U.S. coin was discovered in an unusual hiding spot and sold for over $30,000 (£25,000) ... Rare Continental Currency Dollar from 1776, discovered in Cotswolds, England, ...

Known as a Continental Dollar the coin measuring 38mm across and made of pewter was minted in 1776. It had a limited production run with around just 6,000 believed to have been made and as few as ...

AN incredibly rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence found in a toffee tin by staff at a Gloucestershire auction house has sold for £25,000 ($32,000). Known as a ...

An incredibly rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence found in a toffee tin has sold for £25,000. Known as a Continental Dollar the coin measuring 38mm across and made ...

The front of the 1776 Continental Currency Dollar. (Matt Bigwood via SWNS) By James Gamble via SWNS An incredibly rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence found in a ...