"This updated second edition offers numerous entries of historical commentary on the role of coins and currency in human events, politics and the arts. A timeline of monetary history is provided along with a glossary and bibliography. Numerous photographs of coins and bills provide an up-close look at beautiful and ingenious artifacts."--

The face painting booth at the school fair provides plenty of opportunities to count combinations of coins adding up to fifty

Two-Face and Clayface team up to capture Batman and Robin, and crush them under a giant coin.

In modern-day Jerusalem, a street-smart Arab boy and a beautiful young American tourist are accidentally entrusted with a priceless coin from the age of King Herod. Soon, the two are falling in love, and running for their lives from the homicidal Emil Saber, a man dangerously obsessed with possessing the fabled "Seventh Coin" at any cost

"Pennies, worthless? Non-cents! Hot off the minting press, Penny feels like a million bucks. But as other coins and bills are spent while she sits forgotten, she begins to doubt her value. She is too small to slot-surf with Quarter. Even penny candy sells for a dime! Refusing to be short-changed, she sets out to find her purpose at any cost. Readers will laugh at a wealth of money puns, learn a basic lesson on US currency, and discover that self-worth...