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In September 2012, Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, New Jersey has announced that collector Bob R. Simpson, co-chairman of the Texas Rangers baseball club, paid $1 million for the finest known 1943-S Lincoln Wheat cent on a bronze planchet. All 1943 Lincoln cents were supposed to be made of steel planchets coated with zinc. However, some bronze planchets left over from 1942 slipped into the production process. These error coins are extremely rare and highly sought after by error coin collectors....

Collages are the perfect place to start if you want to develop your artistic talents. There is no wrong or right way to make a collage. A collage can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. Even young children can get beautiful results from a collage craft. Check out these 25 inspiring collage projects to help you get excited about your next project!

Last week, newspapers reported that a 23 year old engineering graduate woman was raped by a person who invited her for a “date”. The woman had met the accused, Jitendra Biswal, on Facebook. Biswal is a director in a private educational institute. Soon enough Biswal and the woman exchanged their mobile numbers and last week Biswal had invited her to meet-up for a date. But this “date” turned into a horrendous experience for the woman....

If you simply want to give quilling a try with very basic designs, then the most important tools are paper strips, a few round toothpicks, and some good liquid glue. With these, you can easily make all of the basic quilling shapes. Some quillers use straight pins to hold pieces to the board. The large open space on the right is an area where you can experiment with different designs of the basic shapes....

This slideshow provides examples of five of the many different occasions where money origami gifts like the money origami wreath are appropriate. If you can’t find a friendly bank teller to help you get crisp bills, try lightly ironing the bills on a low setting or gently pressing them with a flat iron used to straighten curly hair. Currency paper is made of 25% linen and 75% cotton, so it will not set fire or scorch as long as you are attentive during the ironing process....

DIY Studded Tree Stump Side Table from A Beautiful Mess DIY Ikea Hack Side Table from Sugar and Cloth Easy DIY Copper Laptop Table from Zest It Up DIY Acrylic and Brass Side Table from In My Own Style DIY Wooden Sofa Arm Table from Ugly Duckling House To give the tree stump table even more visual interest, decorate it with a gold ombre finish, as done by Sugar and Cloth, to create a unique rustic yet glamorous piece of furniture....

Rulers you can print are also convenient because they’re more flexible than their plastic, wood, or metal counterparts; you can bend them to measure just about anything. These are helpful if you’re teaching your child or students about units of measurements, and with them being paper, they can even decorate them to make the activity a bit more fun. These ruler downloads are actual size, so you’ll want to take care to keep them that way when you print....

Learning to cross stitch doesn’t have to be intimidating. If you know how to accomplish five basic stitches then you will be on your way to a bright and stitchy future. Once you have these stitches down you can build up and try more intermediate stitches. While these beginning stitches may seem like no-brainers, if you master them, you will have a beautiful end product. You can use this stitch on any kind of fabric, but the most common is Aida cloth, which ranges in a variety of sizes....

Here’s a quick guide to what combinations of chess pieces you can (and cannot) use to checkmate an enemy king when you are down to just two or three of your pieces versus a lone king. Or, you may be the one with the lone king and this will let you know that a draw should be declared. Checkmate Possibilities With two to three pieces left, here is when you have the possibility of checkmate and when it is a draw....

The granny square is a perfect example of this. There are a zillion different possible granny square variations. This comparison focuses on some of the simplest; you can change the look of a granny square just by varying the numbers of chain stitches you use when you crochet the square. Then you can change it even more by making strategic crochet color choices. Pictured above are 4 different versions of a granny square....

The new penny designs, which appeared on the reverse, or “tails” side, depict four different periods in the life of revered U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. While the obverse remains unchanged. The United States Mint released the new pennies one at a time, each about three months apart. On Feb. 12, 2009, the Mint released the first penny on the 200th Anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. Be aware that collectors have found some die varieties on the reverse....

Cardstock is sold in a variety of textures and colors. It can also be lignin and acid-free which is the perfect medium for scrapbooking. Cardstock is the most popular type of crafting paper. Cardboard boxes can be made into toy houses, cars, spaceships, and even furniture. You are only limited by your imagination. The fluted middle can be used in scrapbooking and card making. Make sure to use a higher grade of crepe paper, such as Italian crepe paper when making paper flowers....

Only three seams are required to sew each attic windows quilt block, and the larger motifs found in oriental and many other types of fabrics give you an opportunity to practice fussy cutting. One corner of each block is connected with a mitered seam but don’t let that discourage you from trying this easy quilt block. Attic windows block finished size: 7 1/2" square Fabrics Required for Each Quilt Block (1) Large-scale print: 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", fussy-cut if necessary to isolate a motif(1) Tone on tone print in a coordinating color: 2" x 8" bar(1) Black solid or a black-on-black print: 2" x 8" bar...

You receive a tag from one of your Facebook friends. This tag is mostly auto-generated and will take you to a post that will incite your curiosity about new emoticons for Facebook. The post may have a video/photo attached with it showing the “great” new FB emoticons. But the main objective of the fraudster is to make you follow the instructions written in the post. The instructions will be similar to: Check this new Amazing and updated emoticons for Facebook Point 1: First thing first, you must not follow these instructions....