How America’s Worthless Coins Conquered the World: The Global Empire in Your Pocket
# The Global Punchline of America’s Pocket Change While Washington obsesses over trillion-dollar budgets and debt ceilings, the real international intrigue lies in the jangling coins Americans absent-mindedly dump into airport trays. These metallic discs—worth less than the metal they’re stamped on—have become an accidental barometer of American exceptionalism and, frankly, the joke’s on everyone…