The squabbling between the president and the central bank’s chairman is a reminder of how anomalous the Federal Reserve is in ...

You may have never stopped to think about why your coins have those bumpy ridges on the edges, but there's actually a pretty ...

With a year to go to the 250th anniversary of American independence we’re of a mind to mark the crisis of debt — and the ...

Today’s dollar is nothing like it was intended when the U.S. Constitution was written and ratified nearly 240 years ago.

According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, “United States coins and currency are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes and dues” under the Coinage Act of 1965.