Beautiful Wheat pennies minted in three mints in 1912 are one-cent coins precisely 1.55 mm (0.06102 inches) thick. Their diameter is a standard 19.05 mm (1.75 inches), while the weight is 3.11 g (0.10970 ounces). Like all pieces from the early period, they are made of an alloy containin...
purchased the area in 1867 for cents an acre/hectare, the region remained largely unexplored. As was often the case elsewhere in the opening of the American frontier, it took the discovery of gold in Juneau in 1880 to get folks headed for Alaska. During the famous Klondike Gold Rush of ...
LIZZY April 14, 1912. LOVETT If your grandma is who she says she is, she was wearing the diamond the day Titanic sank. (MORE) LOVETT (CONT'D) (to Rose) And that makes you my new best friend. I will happily compensate you for anything you can tell us that will lead to its re...
Kwik Trip was just named the top gas station brand in America, and fans of the brand can show their fandom by getting their hands on these custom-made sneakers.
Red-brown 1959 D MS 66 Lincoln penny that was paid $115 on eBay in 2020 How much is the 1959 No Mint mark Lincoln penny worth? In most cases, you can sell the 1959 Lincoln Memorial penny for two cents, thanks to the high copper price on the stock market. However, its value can ...
There was not too much place for nomadic empires in the world already. And at the same time, the Chinese remembered that Xinjiang once belonged to them. Qing Empire (from 1758 to 1912) The times in the middle of the 18th century were times of the Chinese Qing Empire’s zenith. So, ...
Set a Strict Budget- Look at how much you spent last year, and then set a budget for different categories like gifts, decorations, parties, and travel. Avoid "Spaving" - In case you are unfamiliar with the term "spaving", it basically means spending more to save more. Example; when ...
In the 1890s, it was an American custom for a friend to give a girl a string with a button on it. Friends and family would add to the string, much as charms are added to bracelets today. The magic number was a thousand buttons. This guaranteed that the right husband would then appea...
was a wonder in its day. It combined a low boiling point (-21.6°F) with nonflammability and nontoxicity, making it much safer and more efficient than the refrigerants previously used, including ammonia, ether, sulfur dioxide, and methyl chloride. At about the same time, the Electrolux Compa...
For more than 100 years, Eckerd's was much more than a household name. It started in 1898 in Erie, Pennsylvania, when J. Milton Eckerd opened his first store. Over time, the empire had more than 2,000 stores in 20 states. In 2007, Rite-Aid Corporation acquired Eckerd's and converted...