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The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society

Peter the Great’s Beard Tax

Why did the Russian tsar seek to ban beards?

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Attacking Italians in Louisiana

Italian immigrants had no qualms about working and living alongside Black Americans, which made them targets for violence by white vigilantes in Louisiana.

Politics & History

Building the Olympic Games

A close connection between architecture, athletics, and the urban fabric is central to the idea of the modern Olympic Games.

Arts & Culture

History’s Footnotes

The addition of footnotes to texts by historians began long before their supposed inventor, Leopold von Ranke, started using them (poorly, as it turns out).

Politics & History

The Coldest Cream

Cold cream has been around since ancient Greek times. But what’s it actually for?

Science & Technology

How Two Rebel Physicists Changed Quantum Theory

David Bohm and Hugh Everett were once ostracized for challenging the dominant thinking in physics. Now, science accepts their ideas, which are said to enrich our understanding of the universe.

Peter the Great’s Beard Tax

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