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Scientists at the University of Notre Dame are confirming sophisticated anti-counterfeiting techniques used by Benjamin Franklin in his prin

How counterfeit money helped build early America's economy

Stephen Mihm's "A Nation of Counterfeiters" explores how counterfeit money played a surprisingly constructive role in early American economi

The Automation of Cash: How Physical Currency Becomes Electronic Proxy

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Treasury rolls out currency signed by Trump for Fourth of July

The thriving transatlantic art trade between Britain and America during the Revolutionary era

This article examines the thriving and complex art trade between Britain and the American colonies during the Revolutionary era, challenging

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P.T. Barnum's 1880 book "The Art of Money Getting" distills his hard-won wisdom on wealth-building into golden rules. Barnum, who built Amer