President Joe Biden and his administration will not mint a proposed $1 trillion coin to resolve the U.S. debt ceiling crisis as it isn’t a “viable” option, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed to reporters on Oct. 4. “We obviously look at a range of options, and none of those options were viable, either […]
EMBDEN, Maine—A man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine. Shane Houston, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was on a metal-detecting trip with a friend from New Hampshire when he found the coin earlier this month, the Bangor Daily News reported. The copper […]
The national coin shortage is forcing businesses to get creative. One Chick-fil-A location needs coins so badly it’s giving away food. The store is offering customers a $10 bill and a coupon for a free entree in exchange for every $10 in coins they bring in. “Help prevent (Chick-fil-A) from going cashless,” the Chick-fil-A restaurant, […]
One or more thieves broke into Berlin’s Bode Museum and stole a single 220-pound (100-kilogram) gold coin worth $4 million (3.7 million euros,) Berlin police reported on Monday, March 27. Apparently the thief or thieves broke a window in the back of the museum and got the coin out of a bulletproof-glass enclosure. Neither the […]
