WASHINGTON – The newest $1 coin, bearing the likeness of George Washington, is going into circulation around the country just in time for next week's celebration of the first president's ...

This valuable quarter isn't just any old coin. It's part of the George Washington Bicentennial series, minted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of American independence in 1976.

An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including “In God We Trust,” and made it past inspectors and into circulation ...

An 18th century gold coin featuring the likeness of first U.S. President George Washington sold for $1.7 million at auction on Thursday, with the net proceeds going to charity, the auction house said.

The George Washington coins include a 1.5-ounce silver coin and a 0.25-ounce gold coin. The coins are officially from the state of Niue, a self-governing territory of New Zealand where the ...

During America’s infancy, the government didn’t want to put President George Washington or any of the Founding Fathers on U.S. currency. Since government-issued coins had first appeared in the ...

George Washington's profile appeared on the obverse side of each coin, no matter which woman it honored, and the design of it was new. Well, actually, it was an old design that had never been used.

On Feb. 22, 1936, a crowd of thousands gathered at George Washington’s boyhood home near Fredericksburg, Va., to celebrate the 204th anniversary of his birth. The main attraction of the day’s ...