IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. As early as 1650, the colony of ...

A shilling coin from 1652 that was made in Boston could be worth $300,000. The coin is considered to be the finest example of the roughly 40 such coins known to still exist, according to auctioneer ...

A nickel-sized coin comprising only $1.03 worth of silver just sold for $2,520,000, making it the most expensive piece of American currency predating the Revolution, and the most valuable non-gold U.S ...

BOSTON -- Early residents of Boston valued a robust press as much as their history and currency if the contents of a time capsule dating back to the years just after the Revolutionary War are any ...