It’s the penny — the numismatic dust bunny that collects at the bottom of coffee cans, lodges in the pocket of jeans and tumbles out of the dryer like an errant mitten. Its days are numbered. The ...

You might be carrying a hidden fortune in your pocket without even realizing it. Some coins that appear to be ordinary spare ...

The war had been envisioned by the Union as an easy win, and in April 1861 President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for volunteers to serve for 90 days. By December 1861, both sides had scored ...

It’s a coin that costs more to make than it's worth, sparks endless debate, and yet remains a ubiquitous part of daily life. The U.S. penny, a tiny copper-plated zinc disc, exists in staggering ...

Other popular items included a handkerchief Lincoln had on the night he was shot, which sold for $826,000, and the earliest known sample of the 16th president’s handwriting, from a notebook in ...

US News Abraham Lincoln’s bloodstained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction By Associated Press Published May 22, 2025, 7:37 a.m. ET ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.” ...

And last year, the Pritzkers donated an 1861 presidential decree ordering a Union blockade of Southern ports. The couple purchased that document bearing Lincoln’s signature for $471,000 at auction.

LAKE CITY — A bronze tablet mounted on red granite will commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 1861 visit to Lake City. The tablet will tell the story of Lincoln's stop at the town's rail depot enroute ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months. Five volunteer companies from Pe… ...

Lincoln and the women in his life: To quote Abraham Lincoln’s Classroom, “Lincoln’s relationships with women were unsure and uneven – especially in his youth.