By Whitey Harwood In 1973, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton recorded the song “If Teardrops Were Pennies.” But, Carl Smith recorded it first in 1951. If you don’t know who Carl Smith is, he was married ...
Once stolen along with seven other paintings by Cézanne and recovered for a ransom, The Card Players set the record for the most expensive painting ever sold in 2011 when the royal family of Qatar ...
Have you seen Jim Biddle's 1951 Pontiac Chieftain driving around Bloomington, Indiana? I had not until a recent afternoon when I noticed the backside of a really cool old car just ahead. Yes, I ...
The reasons cited for the decision earlier this year to stop minting pennies after 232 years were both financial and practical. Decades of rising prices had shrunk the purchasing power of the cent to ...
The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...