Half dollars minted after 1964 do not contain any silver and are composed primarily of copper and nickel.
APortuguese Africa comprises the territories that were colonized by the Portuguese during the 15th-16th century on the African continent. As a result of overseas expansion, the territories that today belong to Guinea-Bissau, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde and Mozambique were dominated.
The Revolution of 1930 It was a coup that deposed President Washington Luís on October 24, 1930. The movement was organized by the states of Minas Gerais, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Sul and prevented the inauguration of president-elect Júlio Prestes, on the grounds of electoral fraud. The popular d
Antonio Counselor (1830-1897) was a religious leader and the founder of the Belo Monte village, better known as Canudos. He was considered a religious fanatic at the time he lived, as this was a way for the republican government to justify the massacre perpetrated against his followers. Biography
The Incas created one of the largest and most important American empires in the mid-fifteenth century. Their domains, which stretched along the western coast of South America, spanned more than 4,000 km. The city of Cuzco, located in the south of Peru, was the capital of this Empire.Inca Civilizatio