In 1916, the Walking Liberty design made by Adolph Alexander Weinman was chosen as the new half dollar motif to replace the Barber design, which had been in use since 1892. This same year, he also ...
The gold/silver ratio is the price of gold per ounce divided by the price of silver per ounce. Today, it’s 79.28.
Although most people have never had one in their pocket change, the half-cent used to be a common coin in the US. It was ...