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Money

Two views of a coin from the Culion Leper Colony.

medical museums

'Leprosy Coins' and the Legacy of Stigma

In many quarantines, these coins were the only form of money that patients affected by the disease could access.

Gray Chapman February 13, 2018

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Why a Small Town in Washington State Is Still Printing Wooden Money

In Tenino, a Depression-era tradition lives on.

Eric Grundhauser February 12, 2018

Selma Burke won a competition to create a relief sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1943.

Who Really Designed the American Dime?

The controversy that has long roiled the coin world.

Christina Ayele Djossa January 17, 2018

An original puzzle lock discovered in the Rhine River in Germany.

objects of intrigue

The Fashion and Mystery of Ancient Roman Puzzle Locks

Put something complicated, useful, and stylish on your finger.

Eric Grundhauser January 12, 2018

The Norse coin found at the Goddard site.

The Mystery of Maine's Viking Penny

The coin is the real deal, but how did it get all the way from Norway?

Sarah Laskow December 21, 2017

The pronking springbok on the reverse side of a Krugerrand.

Found: A Fortune in Gold Coins in a Box of Donated Food

At a retirement home in Germany, 109 South African Krugerrands in an unexpected place.

Vittoria Traverso December 1, 2017

Alexandre Dubuisson's <em>La Moisson</em> was "torn in transit."

Where Damaged Art Goes When It's Deemed a 'Total Loss'

A second life for wrecked artworks that once languished in insurance warehouses.

Michael Inscoe November 1, 2017

Parc des Chutes de Montauban.

Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Québec

Les Chutes du $5

The falls were named for the mistaken idea that they were the ones pictured on the Canadian $5 bill.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Library of Mistakes

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A New U.K. Banknote Is Designed to Be Friendly to the Blind

Visually impaired people in the United States, however, still have a while to wait.

Vittoria Traverso September 15, 2017

The castle of Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel will soon have hundreds of owners.

For €50, You Can Buy a Share in This French Castle

People are chipping in to help save the castle of Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel.

Cara Giaimo August 30, 2017

The Nails outside Bristol's Corn Exchange.

Bristol, England

The Nails

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Bank Vault

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Stock Exchange Building

D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.

Bridge featured on the €200 note.

Spijkenisse, Netherlands

Spijkenisser Eurobruggen (Euro Banknote Bridges)

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

Front of the five-cent bill featuring Clark

objects of intrigue

A Treasury Official in 1866 Put His Own Face on U.S. Currency

The bill was supposed to feature explorer William Clark instead.

Michael Waters June 19, 2017

Keep Your Eye Out for Canada's New Glow-in-the-Dark Toonie

The special-edition release is the first photoluminescent coin to ever enter circulation.

Cara Giaimo June 13, 2017

Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve Tennis Court

The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.