Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A 19th century coin widely considered to be “the King of Silver ...

Legend holds that the city of Portland, Oregon, was nearly called Boston. A coin toss in 1845 between Francis Pettygrove, who hailed from a different Portland, in Maine, and Asa Lovejoy, from Boston ...

In sports, coin tosses are often used to decide who goes first, or pick who goes to bat for the first part of the game. It seems fair. You'd assume that as coins have two sides and you introduce a ...

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Scientists recently analyzed a Peruvian 10-cent piece with an unexplained origin. By Katherine Kornei A decade ago, a funny money mystery fell into the hands of scientists and students at the ...