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Hobbies & Games > Board Games Beginner's guide to chess pieces

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Being one of the oldest board games in the world (variants date back to the 7th century A.D.), chess has enjoyed a lasting popularity throughout history, and boasts an endless list of players from all walks of life, from peasants to nobility and newcomers to the Grandmasters. The game consists of a board, with 64 black and wh... More..

Personal Finance > Budgets & Saving Explaining compound interest

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I'd like to start by paraphrasing an old riddle involving two young people who, in this case, are deciding what they'd like to do with their hard earned money. Each is looking to build a sizable nest egg, starting with but $1,000.The banker offers two choices: One account, paying 10% compounding interest per year, the other a... More..

Hobbies & Games > Board Games Monopoly: House rules and variations

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Many of the world's greatest real estate tycoons say that as children, they frequently played Monopoly, and list it among their favorite board games of all time. The reason for this is simple - Monopoly is a fun, engrossing, and challenging game whose rules mimic the real world. The core concept is to dominate the board by ma... More..

Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Coin collecting: How to store your coin collection

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Deciding the proper way to store one's coin collection should be as personal as the contents of the collection itself. A collection is not meant to be hidden, but to be displayed and shared with friends, family, and colleagues, so that they might share the enjoyment one gets from taking part in the hobby of kings. There are c... More..

Personal Finance > Credit Cards Getting the most out of cash back credit cards

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The concept sounds almost too good to be true - get paid by a reputable credit card company to spend their money. And yet, that's essentially the idea behind the cash back reward credit cards offered by many creditors. While exact terms and conditions vary from creditor to creditor, a percentage (generally 1% to 3%) of your t... More..

Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Key dates for wheat pennies

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Ever on some rare occasion flipped over a Lincoln Head cent and noticed something other than the Lincoln Memorial? Minted from the time of the introduction of the Lincoln Cent in 1909 until 1958, these Wheat Cents were a staple of American coinage in the days when the penny still had some spending value. Several of these coin... More..

Hobbies & Games > Board Games Chess tips: How to capture en passant

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En passant (French for "in passing") is a little-known move executed by advanced chess players to capture an opposing pawn. It requires a very special circumstance to execute en passant: A pawn, on its first move, may move two spaces instead of its normal limit of one. This special circumstance is most likely the reason en pa... More..

Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) A guide to the Sheldon scale of coin grading

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Before we dive into one of the most awkward grading scales utilized in any hobby (it being a scale with 70 points), there is a tidbit of history that will be useful to know to clarify some of the concepts and terminology associated with the Sheldon coin grading scale. Dr. William Sheldon was a numismatist (coin collector) who... More..

Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Why there are only dead people on coins

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The year was 1792. Even as newly formed country who had broken free from the tyranny of England just nine years prior, the United States was marching full speed into establishing itself as an independent nation. The next big goal America had in that pursuit was to establish its own currency. The public wanted to see their fir... More..

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1. Explaining compound interest
2. Chess tips: How to capture en passant
3. Beginner's guide to chess pieces
4. Monopoly: House rules and variations
5. Coin collecting: How to store your coin collection
6. Key dates for wheat pennies
7. A guide to the Sheldon scale of coin grading
8. Why there are only dead people on coins
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