The counterfeiters start with real $5 bills printed between 1996 and 2006 with Lincoln’s portrait and ... pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit money. Abraham Emanuel Brotherson, a Highland ...

Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel by James Shields over a satirical letter.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States. Palm Beach's Town Hall will be closed ...

The Freedom Caucus took over Wyoming’s statehouse, in contrast to the more traditional conservatism of the governor. What can the rest of the country learn?

While today’s highest U.S. bill is the $100 note, America once printed paper money in much higher denominations—mainly to ...

In Memphis, there will be a variety of ways — from concerts to parades, trivia nights to museum outings — to mark Juneteenth ...

American currency as we know it today has been in circulation since 1792. Founding Fathers, past presidents, and a selection ...

The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one-cent coins.

Former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Kathy Hochul and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries remembered former U.S. Rep. Charles ...

John McCain (R-AZ), which called for halting the production of pennies for a 10-year period and replacing the one-dollar bill with ... are the Lincoln Wheat penny, which was produced in 1909 and ...