The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's American Currency Exhibit includes a Showcase of Bills, a Tour of Exhibits by Era, Historical Context, Artistry and Imagery, and an Index of Bills.

This site provides information about the expansion of the United States Currency, with links to other related sources.

Eleven-page file highlighting the history of American currency, from Columbus to the American Revolution to the Information Age. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

This site provides links to a variety of coins used in the colonies and in the confederation. Extremely detailed.

A two-instructional activity unit using the Smithsonian collection of currency to teach students about the first American money. Other resources are given and all materials are downloadable.

Archived images of coins from a beautiful online exhibition on the history of money.

Comprehensive overview of the development of money in the American colonies. Topics covered include colonial coins and paper money, national coinage, copper, silver, and gold coins, and Liberty and the eagle.

Provides general information on the Confederate notes issued to Southerners during the Civil War. Pictures of the notes and a historical context.

Brief overview of demand notes of the Union, commonly called "greenbacks." Gives a historical context for the notes and has many pictures of what they looked like. Includes an activity looking at Union soldier wages.

Valuable lessons in the history of Europeans' early exploration and settlement of America can be gained by following the money used in trade. Coins and Currency exhibition lets you examine evidence of Spanish, British, Dutch, French, and...

Provides an overview of the development of the nation's money. Learn about the history of US currency, the creation of the dollar, and why the First Bank of the United States was established.

Covers six different kinds of United States paper money used in the 20th and 21st centuries. Focus is placed on whether or not the notes were backed by gold.

Exercise to help an individual understand the relationship between the work force and the structure of the American family. Includes a bibliography, student reading list, and example problems.

See dozens of images used on American Coins including circulating coins, commemorative coins, and bullion coins. Read a brief snapshot of information about each coin image.

In this lesson you will define the term barter and give examples of bartering in several different areas. Find out how this system took shape and was useful to Lewis and Clark. This site is extremely informative and contains extension...

American Coins

This resource provides information about money in North America from Wampum to electronic transfer.

Read the complete history of current circulating coins. Find out about the symbols, size, and the metal composition of these coins.

A collection of fairly in-depth essays using information from a book on the history of money. Some titles include "The History of Celtic Coinage," "Money in North American History," and "Britain and European Monetary Union."

Drawing attention to the role of women in marriages, social differences between Europeans and Americans, old money versus new, near the turn into the twentieth century we read about author Edith Wharton. Click "Edith Wharton Activities"...

Site provides a fact sheet for Individual Indian Money (IIM) account holders. There are also answers to questions commonly asked by Individual Indian Trust beneficiaries.

The Demareteion Master is the name given to the artist who created the dies for the Demareteion coin and some others in ancient Greece. He is the first known master engraver to have lifted the numismatic art form to the level of...

This exhibit on Byzantine coins explores how the history of the Byzantine Empire is represented in its coins. There is an explanation of coin denominations, and a page listing all the rulers of the Byzantine Empire. Click on the name of...

Read about the history of Spain through its coins, beginning the Greeks and Romans in ancient Spain, all the way up to the 20th century. Spain's long history is reflected in the examples of its coins presented here.