The 1990s arrived with a burst of optimism. After the uncertainties of previous decades, the United States stepped into a new era of technological promise and economic expansion. And for many Americans, it felt like prosperity was not only possible but almost inevitable. 

Yet beneath that sense of momentum lay seeds of volatility. The decade would test the resilience of markets, institutions and everyday citizens in profound ways. And through it all, the coins and currency in our pockets continued to tell their own quiet stories of adaptation and change...

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