A good example of how the Commission of Fine Arts has worked came on Jan. 21, when the panel held a telephone conference call to discuss the preliminary designs for silver dollars to mark the 250th ...

WASHINGTON — Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation’s first president. After that, things get tricky. The U.S. Mint is hoping its new dollar coin series will help refresh some ...

The campaign is called “30 for 30” and it represents two things — the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Jefferson Dollars for Scholars and a goal of reaching the $30 million mark. “We are ...

Lisa Conescu grew up in Metairie, and graduated from Isidore Newman School and Smith College. She returned to Louisiana in 1981 and soon learned about the nascent Jefferson Dollars for Scholars, a ...

Every time a vending machine won't take your dollar bill, you ought to plunk in a dollar coin. But, more likely than not, you don't have one. And, more likely than not, you didn't even know they ...